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    Older desktop motherboard boot from USB

    Not so much a linux as a hardware/bios issue:

    Gigabyte GA-M785M-S2H motherboard, AMD X2 3800+ cpu

    Currently has Open Suse 11.1 x64, trying to install Linux Mint from a usb stick, and it's not booting. I checked the usb stick in an old x86 Thinkpad to test it and it booted and stuck at the logo screen, expected since the install file is x64, but I think this confirms that the file on the stick is bootable.

    The Gigabyte is bios of course, not UEFI, and among its boot options are five usb options: hdd, LS-120, Zip, floppy and cdrom. Tried both cdrom and hdd without success -- not even the LM logo screen, so I don't think it's booting.

    Any ideas short of burning the file to a dvd?

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    Tried a Win boot usb stick against all the bios options with the same fails, then burned a dvd. Installed (or still installing) Mint 17 Mate.

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