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Why is it so difficult to boot an HP PC with USB and Linux?

Asked by RTapley in Linux Setup, Ubuntu, Personal Computers

I am not sure if I am doing something silly but I am having lots of people booting a PC for either imaging or erasure! So I thought I would come to the experts for adivce!!

We have nearly all HP desktops and laptops.

Recently I have been taked with testing and designing a rollout for some erausre software we have to use (Kroll Ontrack Eraser). This boots a Linux OS through PXE or CD or USB to run the erasure.

I have been trying to get the USB side working with no luck.

If I use their utility to create the USB stick it won't boot!

The only way I can get USB sticks to boot from is to use the HP USB format utility is there any other way?

Any help is greatly appreciated, I will check back regularly as need to try and get this resolved as soon as possible!

Thanks

Richard
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