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[OtherOS] USB Booting from Plop Boot Manger

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http://ubuntuforums.org – I have an issue with the Plop Boot Manager... I am trying to boot to a USB device (with a GRUB boot loader). I have the Plop boot manager CD in the drive and the USB plugged in at the back, and when I select to boot to USB, it throws me a "disk error". The disk is bootable on a motherboard that supports USB booting, but Plops is throwing me this error every time, even on the USB booting supported machine! Why is this, and how do I fix it. Cheers! ATTN: Moderators.. Is this the right place to put this thread in. Plops is practically an OS on a CD, that only focuses on boo (Hardware)

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Submitted by colm on 07/11/2012 – Made popular on 07/11/2012

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