USB boot Debian 6.0.7 on Dell Studio 1537
What a nightmare... I've tried installing linux, to boot from a USB, a fair few times with not a lot of success but at last I've nailed it :) Not without a final big balls up along the way, however! When it comes to the part of the installer where it asks you if and where to install grub (or whatever bootloader) be blooming sure of what you are doing. I can't remember what the exact options were or what I selected but I ended up in the senario where windows would not boot unless the USB was plugged in. If I started the machine without the USB plugged in the you'd see "Welcome to GRUB" and then it complain about not finding some files or another. Basically I think I somehow ended up with Grubs config files on the stick instead of on the HD of the laptop. So after booting off the USB, installing grubs files on it, how to get the PC running windows by default??? (So the wife and kids are happy?) Has to dig out the Vista install disk and repair the MBR...