Is there a way for me to boot from usb on a old alix.2C board instead of a CF card while the CF reader gets here?

My old CF card died and im trying to get a temporary setup,i have ros 5.20 on a usb can i use it on the board since i haven’t had internet in weeks and im getting desperate and if so how..?

Did you consider buying somthing newer instead of Alix? Why still Alix with ROS 5.20?

Because of my specific need,currently i have a computer in place of the alix board with ros v6.xx on a hdd doing the work but i just got the alix to work i needed a serial cable