ΤΖΩΤΖΙΟΥ Asked: 2010-10-23 10:09:33 +0800 CST2010-10-23 10:09:33 +0800 CST 2010-10-23 10:09:33 +0800 CST Can I make grub2 boot from a CD in an external USB CD drive? 772 I would like to boot from an external USB CD/DVD drive on a Toshiba Portege which can't. I've tried with plop, but haven't had any luck. 10.04 grub2 usb-drive bootloader 2 Answers Voted Best Answer mniess 2010-10-23T12:32:17+08:002010-10-23T12:32:17+08:00 I'm sorry, but your only options seems to be plop. I have successfully tried on a computer whose BIOS that doesn't allow booting from USB-CD-Drive. GRUB2 itself doesn't support booting from a CD-Drive but it supports booting from ISO files. TheXed 2010-10-23T11:06:41+08:002010-10-23T11:06:41+08:00 Your BIOS must support booting from USB.
I'm sorry, but your only options seems to be plop. I have successfully tried on a computer whose BIOS that doesn't allow booting from USB-CD-Drive.
GRUB2 itself doesn't support booting from a CD-Drive but it supports booting from ISO files.
Your BIOS must support booting from USB.