Sunday, 30 January 2011

How to Boot from an external USB CD-ROM Drive


(for example in order to run a live linux CD to rescue files or install linux from a CD)

Eee PC 900 20 Gig Linux Model

  • Make sure the Eee PC is OFF
  • Plug in the external drive into one of your Eee PC's USB ports.
  • Turn your External CD/DVD ROM Drive ON with the CD inserted and closed
  • Turn on Eee PC and when you see the message at the bottom of the screen about hitting F2, etc: hit ESC
  • You will get a blue Boot Device menu with several choices: You should see two “HDD” choices, a “USB” choice and “Network” choice
  • Choose the USB choice
  • It should continue to boot and follow your particular linux distribution instructions
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1 comment:

  1. Jeff Ballweg4 July 2012 at 22:06

    if you've got Quiet Boot and Quick boot enabled, you may need to hit F2 to go into the BIOS and disable them before this works.

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