Re: Can't start Satellite A40-271 with USB driver

Hello,
I've a Toshiba Satellite A40-271 and there was a problem with windows and i can't start it, so i've decided to start it with linux. I've tried once with a cd and it worked perfectly, now i'm trying with an usb flash pen and it's not working.
Can anyone help me?

Hi
As far as I know the Satellite A40 is very old notebook model and I think the BIOS does not support booting from USB flash memory stick
As far as I know its possible to boot from USB FDD drive

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