My first bios settings for boot order failed, because I moved the "removable device" up in the boot menu order, but surprisingly this wasn't my USB stick.<div>The USB stick was listed under hard drives option, which showed a "+" and contained a list of drives including the USB drive. I had to move it up to be booted before the main HDD. Then it worked.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Daniel</div><div><br></div><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2010/8/15 Alex Mandel <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:tech_dev@wildintellect.com">tech_dev@wildintellect.com</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div><div></div><div class="h5">On 08/14/2010 05:35 PM, Noli Sicad wrote:<br>
> Hi Cameron,<br>
><br>
>> Ideally we would have liked to distribute on a USB to all delegates<br>
>> however out of the 5 or so computers tested, we've had reports of at<br>
>> least 2 computers which can't boot from the USB. So we will distribute<br>
>> OSGeo-Live to all delegates on the well tested DVD version.<br>
><br>
> These laptops / desktops have faulty Windows BIOS. They need DSDT<br>
> patching to boot Linux OS and Darwin OS (Mac OS X). Using IASL, you<br>
> can decompile the BIOS i.e. dump DSDT.dsl. then patch it and compile.<br>
> Use dsdt.aml to boot usb linux os.<br>
><br>
> Top of the list for faulty BIOS is HP Pavillion laptops.<br>
><br>
> I got HP Pavillion DM3 which I have been patching inorder to triple boot.<br>
><br>
> The solution to create various version of OSGeo Live USB for these laptops.<br>
><br>
> 1. HP Pavillion<br>
> 3. Dell<br>
> 2. Asus<br>
><br>
> BTW, what are the brand of those computers which did not boot?<br>
><br>
> I could help create these OSGeo Live USB to work properly with these<br>
> laptops, if you are interested and provide the resources i.e. 4Gb /<br>
> 8Gb USBes, OSGeo ISO and dsdt.aml from those not booting laptops. I<br>
> will patch it. I can pick these things in your Melbourne office, if<br>
> you are interested.<br>
><br>
>> However, if we can get test results from enough people by first thing,<br>
>> Monday 16 August, an OSGeo-Live USB will be created and given to VIPs.<br>
><br>
> Regards, Noli<br>
<br>
</div></div>I'm not sure that's 100% right. My Asus is failing to boot from usb, and<br>
I do think it's a BIOS issue but it has nothing to do with the OS. The<br>
laptop is a linux box only, it seems to just never try booting usb even<br>
though it's in the list.<br>
<br>
Also making multiple versions of the usb sticks depending on the laptop<br>
brand is unrealistic, if that's what it takes to make it work 95% of the<br>
time or better we're going to have to stick to mostly DVDs for this release.<br>
<br>
Thanks for the info, I'll have to poke into that more.<br>
<br>
Alex<br>
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