[Ham-Computers] Booting from USB memory stick

[Ron Youvan]

>    How would I set up to boot from a memory stick? I have a Cruzer Micro 
> 512M stick that I would like to try to set up to boot as a "Live CD" 
> type for Linux. Went to the BIOS to set that into the boot order, but my 
> BIOS doesn't have a slot for it. Thought if maybe I formatted the stick 
> it might be recognized, but the format command won't allow me to create 
> it as a bootable stick.

   If your BIOS doesn't know how to search through the USB devices for a bootable
device the format on the "thumb drive" is irrelevant.
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