using grub to boot windows on usb HD - no bios usb support

[Mikkel L. Ellertson]

Markus Kesaromous wrote:
> Since grub cannot boot windows that resides on a usb HD just because 
> BIOS does not support usb storage, it seems to me that grub needs
> to be made more robust. If linux OS can find the device, grub should
> also be beefed up with drivers to probe for and recognize and announce
> on the screen the presence of USB storage, and thus allow us to boot
> from it.
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Markus
> 
This would require a complete redesign of Grub. You might want to 
look at some of the other boot loaders if you want this type of 
function. Right now, Grub uses the BIOS to access the drive.

But you would run into more problems. If I remember correctly, 
Windows also uses the BIOS to load its drivers, so you would still 
be out of luck trying to boot Windows if the BIOS can not access the 
USB drive.

Mikkel
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