Satellite U400-10j - how to boot from a USB flash drive?

Hello

I have a Toshiba Satellite U400-10j.

I have Ubuntu on my USB flash drive, now I want to boot from it.

I can't find the option in the BIOS to boot from the Usb flash drive.

Second, I noticed that the phone also has an internal memory card reader.
I could load Ubuntu top then to start the memory stick as well?

Your help will be very appreciated.
Thank you.

I think that it s not able to boot from a USB key on this laptop.
The best way is to use a CD. There, you can start on this notebook and all other laptops.
In the Internet there are many versions of CD of Ubuntu and other Linux systems.

And as said Feliks, it s not able to boot from an SD card because it is not in the BIOS.

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