A110 boot from SD

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    phearless

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    Is it possible to boot the A110 from the sd card slot?

    If so does it need a BIOS update?

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    phearless, May 17, 2010
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    DiSK

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    As far as I know, it isn't possible normally. However I remember someone mentioning doing something with GRUB or whatnot to make it work; not sure as I'm not a Linux guy.
     
    DiSK, May 21, 2010
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    The problem is that the BIOS doesn't recognize an SD card in either slot as a bootable device. I've not come across a BIOS update with the required modification. I haven't tried it, but assuming you want to run Linux, you could put grub and a kernel with the driver for the SD slot built-in to the kernel on the SSD, and point grub to the SD card to load the rest of the OS.

    What I have done is place my SD card in a USB reader and booted off it that way. Not elegant, not fast, but it does work.
     
    RockDoctor, May 22, 2010
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    scotty2, May 27, 2010
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