Re: chain loading USB harddrive if no native USB support possible?

[Michael Reichenbach]

> Answer what question?

This here...

Gregg Levine wrote:
> > > > I haven't tested, but if you label the USB device with a unique name,
> > > > then a script like this should work:
> > > >  search -f MyUsbLabel
> > > >  linux      /boot/vmlinuz root=LABEL=MyUsbLabel ro
> > > >  initrd     /boot/initrd.img
> > > This means it`s only possible to boot linux that way? Chan loading
> > > another bootloader directly isn`t possible?
> > I don't know. Maybe someone else can answer this question.




> But as for booting from a USB device, got me. That one works from a
> floppy if native boot support doesn't exist.

I don`t see what runt has to do with it. It`s basically a slackware 
based distro for usb pendrives.

My question here was how to (generic) boot an usb device if the bios 
does not support booting from usb. :)