Originally Posted by mixture:8181196
Is the bios set to be able to boot from USB?
Re-read the original post.
on boot-up it still goes direct to XP, with no option to choose which OS.
If the bios is not setup to boot from usb then the usb boot of Linux would be ignored and the system will boot from the hard drive so would go straight into xp.
Usb boot is normally disabled as it would be so easy to bypass any operating system and gain access to the hard disk by booting from an unsecured usb bootable system.