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Which distro is you favourite?  I have wanted to use Linux for some time.

i dont need a distro. i use my own from scratch compiled linux.

as beginner, you should try ubuntu.

i am not interested in windows

Just a question on the side.  If you are not interested in Windows You must be interested in Linux.  Which distro is you favourite?  I have wanted to use Linux for some time.  However getting drivers for everything seems to be very challenging, driver for printers , driver for wirless interface and so on.

did you move or change plpbt.bin in any way? run again plpgenbtldr in c:\plop to create a new plpbtldr.bin

[XO_]

Hello again.. I tried it once and it worked fine (the menu showed up) but today when I tried to use it, right after selecting Plop Boot Manager, I get the following: XO_ and the menu won't show up.

How can I fix this?

Thank You

I didn't know there would be problem booting Windows or Linux on a USB connected external hard drive.  I had supposed as long as the computer can boot a USB drive, everything would be all right as far as booting is concerned.

thats wrong. not every linux can boot from usb and especially not every windows can boot from usb. windows 7 supports usb boot natively (maybe vista too, i am not interested in windows), but before them you have to modify your windows. simply search the web for "windows usb boot", i hope you are not shocked too much. current linux versions should boot without any problem from usb.

I couldn't see any articles there on this subject. 

i dont know how or what you searched, but the boot-land forum is full of infos about windows and usb boot and its full with grub topics.

when you want to use windows from usb, then at first you should take care that your windows is able to boot from usb.

for windows boot from usb and grub stuff see http://www.boot-land.net/

I didn't know there would be problem booting Windows or Linux on a USB connected external hard drive.  I had supposed as long as the computer can boot a USB drive, everything would be all right as far as booting is concerned.

I couldn't see any articles there on this subject.  I suppose you expect me to canvass this subject on their forum.

...but in the instructions it doesn't say that "plpbt.bin" needs to be copied there...

you are wrong. the instructions say

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o) Create a directory like c:\plop. You can use any directory you want.

o) Copy plpinstc.com and plpgenbtldr.exe to your c:\plop directory.

o) Rename plpinstc.com to plpbt.bin.

plpinstc.com became plpbt.bin

My bad.. I moved the wrong file. Sorry and Thanks for the help.

wow, it has only ehci. strange.
whats the output of "lsusb -v" when the hard disk is connected?

Yup, only EHCI. 5.0.10 has the same results.

This was lspci's output:

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00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor DRAM Controller (rev 02)
Subsystem: Lenovo Device 2193
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Capabilities: [e0] Vendor Specific Information: Len=0c <?>

00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Subsystem: Lenovo Device 215a
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 11
Memory at f2000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4M]
Memory at d0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
I/O ports at 1800 [size=8]
Expansion ROM at <unassigned> [disabled]
Capabilities: [90] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit-
Capabilities: [d0] Power Management version 2
Capabilities: [a4] PCI Advanced Features

00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset HECI Controller (rev 06)
Subsystem: Lenovo Device 215f
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 11
Memory at f2827800 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16]
Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 3
Capabilities: [8c] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+

00:19.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82577LM Gigabit Network Connection (rev 06)
Subsystem: Lenovo Device 2153
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 11
Memory at f2600000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128K]
Memory at f2625000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
I/O ports at 1820 [size=32]
Capabilities: [c8] Power Management version 2
Capabilities: [d0] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
Capabilities: [e0] PCI Advanced Features
Kernel modules: e1000e

00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller (rev 06) (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
Subsystem: Lenovo Device 2163
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 23
Memory at f2828000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]
Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
Capabilities: [58] Debug port: BAR=1 offset=00a0
Capabilities: [98] PCI Advanced Features
Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd
Kernel modules: ehci-hcd

00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset High Definition Audio (rev 06)
Subsystem: Lenovo Device 215e
Flags: fast devsel, IRQ 11
Memory at f2620000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
Capabilities: [60] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
Capabilities: [70] Express Root Complex Integrated Endpoint, MSI 00
Capabilities: [100] Virtual Channel
Capabilities: [130] Root Complex Link

00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev 06) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=02, sec-latency=0
Capabilities: [40] Express Root Port (Slot+), MSI 00
Capabilities: [80] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit-
Capabilities: [90] Subsystem: Lenovo Device 2164
Capabilities: [a0] Power Management version 2
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
Kernel modules: shpchp

00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 2 (rev 06) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=03, subordinate=03, sec-latency=0
Memory behind bridge: f2400000-f24fffff
Capabilities: [40] Express Root Port (Slot+), MSI 00
Capabilities: [80] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit-
Capabilities: [90] Subsystem: Lenovo Device 2164
Capabilities: [a0] Power Management version 2
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
Kernel modules: shpchp

00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 4 (rev 06) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=05, subordinate=0c, sec-latency=0
I/O behind bridge: 00002000-00002fff
Memory behind bridge: f0000000-f1ffffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000f2900000-00000000f29fffff
Capabilities: [40] Express Root Port (Slot+), MSI 00
Capabilities: [80] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit-
Capabilities: [90] Subsystem: Lenovo Device 2164
Capabilities: [a0] Power Management version 2
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
Kernel modules: shpchp

00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 5 (rev 06) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=0d, subordinate=0d, sec-latency=0
Memory behind bridge: f2500000-f25fffff
Capabilities: [40] Express Root Port (Slot+), MSI 00
Capabilities: [80] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit-
Capabilities: [90] Subsystem: Lenovo Device 2164
Capabilities: [a0] Power Management version 2
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
Kernel modules: shpchp

00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller (rev 06) (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
Subsystem: Lenovo Device 2163
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 19
Memory at f2828400 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]
Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
Capabilities: [58] Debug port: BAR=1 offset=00a0
Capabilities: [98] PCI Advanced Features
Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd
Kernel modules: ehci-hcd

00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev a6) (prog-if 01 [Subtractive decode])
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=0e, subordinate=0e, sec-latency=0
Capabilities: [50] Subsystem: Lenovo Device 2165

00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 5 Series Chipset LPC Interface Controller (rev 06)
Subsystem: Lenovo Device 2166
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0
Capabilities: [e0] Vendor Specific Information: Len=10 <?>

00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset 6 port SATA AHCI Controller (rev 06) (prog-if 01 [AHCI 1.0])
Subsystem: Lenovo Device 2168
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 11
I/O ports at 1860 [size=8]
I/O ports at 1814 [size=4]
I/O ports at 1818 [size=8]
I/O ports at 1810 [size=4]
I/O ports at 1840 [size=32]
Memory at f2827000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=2K]
Capabilities: [80] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit-
Capabilities: [70] Power Management version 3
Capabilities: [a8] SATA HBA v1.0
Capabilities: [b0] PCI Advanced Features
Kernel modules: ahci

00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset SMBus Controller (rev 06)
Subsystem: Lenovo Device 2167
Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 11
Memory at f2828800 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
I/O ports at 1880 [size=32]
Kernel modules: i2c-i801

00:1f.6 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset Thermal Subsystem (rev 06)
Subsystem: Lenovo Device 2190
Flags: fast devsel, IRQ 11
Memory at f2626000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 3
Capabilities: [80] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit-

03:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation WiFi Link 6000 Series (rev 35)
Subsystem: Intel Corporation WiFi Link 6000 Series 2x2 6000AGN
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 11
Memory at f2400000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8K]
Capabilities: [c8] Power Management version 3
Capabilities: [d0] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
Capabilities: [e0] Express Endpoint, MSI 00
Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting
Capabilities: [140] Device Serial Number 00-23-14-ff-ff-36-f4-3c
Kernel modules: iwlagn

0d:00.0 SD Host controller: Ricoh Co Ltd Device e822 (rev 01)
Subsystem: Lenovo Device 2133
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 11
Memory at f2500000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
Capabilities: [50] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
Capabilities: [78] Power Management version 3
Capabilities: [80] Express Endpoint, MSI 00
Capabilities: [100] Virtual Channel
Capabilities: [800] Advanced Error Reporting
Kernel modules: sdhci-pci

0d:00.1 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd Device e230 (rev 01)
Subsystem: Lenovo Device 2134
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 11
Memory at f2500400 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
Capabilities: [50] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
Capabilities: [78] Power Management version 3
Capabilities: [80] Express Endpoint, MSI 00
Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting

0d:00.3 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Ricoh Co Ltd Device e832 (rev 01) (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
Subsystem: Lenovo Device 2136
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 19
Memory at f2500800 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=2K]
Capabilities: [50] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
Capabilities: [78] Power Management version 3
Capabilities: [80] Express Endpoint, MSI 00
Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting
Kernel driver in use: ohci1394
Kernel modules: firewire-ohci, ohci1394

ff:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QuickPath Architecture Generic Non-core Registers (rev 02)
Subsystem: Lenovo Device 2196
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0

ff:00.1 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QuickPath Architecture System Address Decoder (rev 02)
Subsystem: Lenovo Device 2196
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0

ff:02.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QPI Link 0 (rev 02)
Subsystem: Lenovo Device 2196
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0

ff:02.1 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QPI Physical 0 (rev 02)
Subsystem: Lenovo Device 2196
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0

ff:02.2 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor Reserved (rev 02)
Subsystem: Lenovo Device 2196
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0

ff:02.3 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor Reserved (rev 02)
Subsystem: Lenovo Device 2196
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0



The error is: libgdu-WARNING ** could not connect to system bus ........... and so on