[syslinux] Booting LINUX from external USB Hard Drive

[H. Peter Anvin]

Bela Markus wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I would like to boot a LINUX system from an external USB Hard Drive. 
> Motherboard (ASUS P4P800) supports boot from USB with or without floppy 
> emulation. Is it possible to use syslinux for booting without any floppy 
> or CD, just from the external USB drive?
> 

Yes.  Just treat it as if it was a harddrive; you need a FAT partition 
to install syslinux on.

	-hpa