There are many xp machines that will not boot from a USB stick. Are there any work arounds for this? I realize that a second or third drive will do it. Also a live CD. Just curious. On 6/14/2014 7:41 AM, John J. McDonough wrote: > Make a live USB stick of any Linux (my preference is Fedora and they > have a Windows based USB stick maker). Boot the stick, open a terminal > and type > > man dd > > which will give you the instructions. --=20 John Ferrell W8CCW Julian NC 27283 --=20 http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .