Re: Recovering from _misinstall_ of GRUB 1.98

[Chris Murphy]

On Feb 15, 2012, at 8:05 PM, Isaac Dupree wrote:
>> 3. Can not boot from USB stick when installed on other machine
> 
> You mean - plugging the USB stick in the other machine doesn't let you boot 
> from it?  Did you check that machine's boot order in its BIOS (or hold the 
> Option key while booting if it's a Mac, etc.)?

FWIW, Apple's EFI implementation supports USB booting, but their CSM-BIOS 
implementation does not. I have heard an Apple Store rep suggest new Mac minis 
can boot Windows from the SD card slot. Since Windows only supports UEFI 2.x, 
and not Intel EFI, or BIOS booting, if true some Apple hardware may be capable 
of SD slot CSM-BIOS booting. I haven't tested this myself yet. But on current 
2011 hardware, CSM-BIOS booting via USB is still a no go.

Chris Murphy