Thanks everyone, I'll try a few of these out and see if I can get it working.
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And I figured out what the problem was:
The boot menu for my motherboard (gigabyte) is obtuse to the point of confusion.
There were several usb options (USB-HDD, USB-FDD, USB-something else, and a 4th I can't be bothered to remember right now)
In addition to that, there was HDD with a + in front of it (which I THOUGHT was to symbolize the default option*), as well as the standard CD, etc.
I spent far to long trying different permutations of usb ports on the front of the machine, with various usb selections in the boot menu. None of them worked.
What I was supposed to do, was select HDD (the plus denoted there were several sub-options). And then select the USB drive from within that.
Makes no sense! *grumble grumble*
* there was plenty of room on the screen to give some sort of hint about what it might mean, but noooo, that would be helpful >.
-Terry
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"so listen up boy, or pornography starring your mother will be the second worst thing to happen to you today"
TF2: Spy
Edit-
And I figured out what the problem was:
The boot menu for my motherboard (gigabyte) is obtuse to the point of confusion.
There were several usb options (USB-HDD, USB-FDD, USB-something else, and a 4th I can't be bothered to remember right now)
In addition to that, there was HDD with a + in front of it (which I THOUGHT was to symbolize the default option*), as well as the standard CD, etc.
I spent far to long trying different permutations of usb ports on the front of the machine, with various usb selections in the boot menu. None of them worked.
What I was supposed to do, was select HDD (the plus denoted there were several sub-options). And then select the USB drive from within that.
Makes no sense! *grumble grumble*
* there was plenty of room on the screen to give some sort of hint about what it might mean, but noooo, that would be helpful >.
-Terry
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"so listen up boy, or pornography starring your mother will be the second worst thing to happen to you today"
TF2: Spy