I have read this question which might make this question a duplicate:
The linked question is for 12.04, which is quite old, and I wanted to see if there was a newer, more preferred option.
Situation: I have a desktop machine, about 8 years old, which does not have any USB 3.0 ports. I added a USB 3.0 PICe card specifically so I could run my entire system off an external USB 3.0 drive without slowing down to USB 2.0 speeds.
Sadly, when I went into my bios to set my boot drive to the USB drive, which was now connected to the new USB 3.0 port, I could not select the drive. It seems my computer's bios is too old to recognize the newer card and I do not see any updates from the mainboard's manufacturer.
Once I boot into my drive (while connected to a USB 2.0 port) I can easily access anything connected to the USB 3.0 ports. So, I'm hopeful that there is an answer waiting to be found.
My question: Is there a way I can boot from something like a LiveUSB stick but just use that to transfer the boot over to the USB drive connected to the 3.0 ports? So, I would only need the LiveUSB (or other option) just to get my existing drive to boot up normally.
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