Thread: Booting USB without BIOS settings?

hey guys!
found old laptop in basement, , wanted install ubuntu on it, took live cd , tried run it, motor in disk drive broken

tried booting off usb, wasn't able to. bios settings wouldn't allow me d:<

of know how boot off usb without changing bios settings?

in advance

tl;dr want run ubuntu, cd drive broken, , bios wont let me boot of usb.

as far know, there no way of booting usb if bios not allow this. it's bios controls hardware before os loads - can't around that. since old laptop, i'm not surprised there's no setting booting usb. usb booting has been possible in bios's in last few years.

- unless know of way around bios limitation - there possible solution. take out hard drive, put in usb enclosure , use machine install ubuntu drive. you'd have careful install grub mbr of correct drive, otherwise might make host machine unbootable! drawback need usb enclosure takes 2.5 inch drives older ide (pata) connector. bought, might expense wouldn't want.

other possible problem hardware in old laptop might not linux friendly, , discover after have put drive in , tried boot up.

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