ctltd Posted March 19, 2016 #1 Posted March 19, 2016 I wanted to use a new USB drive to boot my xpenology. It works fine with my old USB flash drive but I wanted a smaller one. When I put the new smaller one it it hangs on boot. I can insert the new drive just after the boot starts and it will boot the xpenology just fine. With my older USB flash drive it boots and reboots just fine. I am just confused. This is on Dell Vostro 420 hardware.
sbv3000 Posted March 20, 2016 #2 Posted March 20, 2016 have a look at the bios boot settings and check that are not set to uefi mode. I've had problems where XPE wont boot if thats the case but changing to 'legacy' mode works.
ctltd Posted March 21, 2016 Author #3 Posted March 21, 2016 It boots just fine with one flash drive installed but not the other, that is what is confusing me. What is wierd is on the flash drive that wont boot, If I start the computer with the flash drive out and then immediately insert the flash drive after I power on the computer it boots just fine. Like I said....really strange. I'll look for a legacy mode in the BIOS.
xplain Posted March 21, 2016 #4 Posted March 21, 2016 Have both USB-sticks been written with the same program?
ctltd Posted March 31, 2016 Author #5 Posted March 31, 2016 Have both USB-sticks been written with the same program? Yes they have. Both written with the same image from the same computer.
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