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What distro recognizes USB external drive on installation?

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What distro recognizes USB external drive on installation?

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Welcome to LQ. The answer to your question is that your ability to boot from a USB device depends on your BIOS, not the distro (or even the operating system). Press F12 (or whatever key is appropriate) during the boot process to get into BIOS, then check the set of devices that are listed as options in the boot sequence. If you see USB listed, move it up to the top of the list, and your system will boot from the USB drive whenever it is connected. If USB is not listed as a boot option, then realistically speaking you are out of luck unfortunately. The newer your mobo is, the better the chances that booting from USB will be supported.