[Discuss] linux install on windows 8.1 laptop

[Richard Pieri]

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.

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Rich P.