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[Discuss] linux install on windows 8.1 laptop
- Subject: [Discuss] linux install on windows 8.1 laptop
- From: gaf at blu.org (Jerry Feldman)
- Date: Sun, 04 May 2014 07:11:24 -0400
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ok. On 05/03/2014 09:35 AM, Richard Pieri wrote: > Jerry Feldman wrote: >> Booting from USB drives is now very common but must be enabled in the >> BIOS, and some older systems do not support that. > No, Jerry. Built-in card readers aren't USB drives. They're a different > class of device. > > For example, I own four computers (two Lenovo, one Dell, one Acer) with > built-in card readers. All four are capable of USB boot -- I do it > frequently to run Clonezilla. None of the them will boot from SD cards. > SD cards simply don't appear in the boot device lists. > -- Jerry Feldman <gaf at blu.org> Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id:3BC1EB90 PGP Key fingerprint: 49E2 C52A FC5A A31F 8D66 C0AF 7CEA 30FC 3BC1 EB90
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