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On my laptop, I have a RelTek sd card reader, and I would like to install ubuntu on it. But my BIOS does not have a sd card option. (And also booting from usb does not boot it.) Can I boot from this?
snorp09
Posted 2016-11-23T09:35:42.447
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Maybe there is a setting in the BIOS which dis- / enables boot from removable media to enhance security. If your BIOS does not have such an option, I would say it's impossible to boot a live USB stick or live SD card. If you have a very "special" BIOS it would reveal the according setting only if you have a bootable media inserted.
DBX12
Posted 2016-11-23T09:35:42.447
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The card reader will be on the system's USBus. If you can't boot from USB then you can't boot from an sd card. Unless your device is very old, I would be surprised that it can't boot from USB, and therefore an sd card.
user657451
Posted 2016-11-23T09:35:42.447
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Actually on windows, my sd card reader is listed under, Memory technology devices. Not USB. – snorp09 – 2016-11-24T00:33:22.230
If your card reader is USB and you cannot boot from USB, then no. – Dmitry Grigoryev – 2016-11-23T09:37:05.597
It is not usb. Because of that... can I boot? – snorp09 – 2016-11-23T09:53:41.893
Nevermind, I misunderstood you. But it still boils down to boot options. Unless you can find it or get it to appear (by upgrading your BIOS/UEFI for example), there is no way. – Dmitry Grigoryev – 2016-11-23T10:07:47.933