On 10/9/06, Grumpy_Penguin <grumpypenguin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Monday 09 October 2006 10:42 am, Mike Wright wrote: > Hi all, > > Spent all yesterday searching google and experimenting but couldn't find > what I was looking for. > > Sometime ago I bought a 1G memory stick for $20US and managed to > repartition and reformat it and copy enough FC4 onto it to have a > bootable device, basically turning a USB memory stick into a USB drive. > It has proven very useful as a recovery tool and as a network debugger. > > I'm pretty sure it was done with instructions from a link I found on > this list. The instructions were very good, covering everything from > the MBR to the making of a USB capable initrd. Unfortunately, I haven't > a clue where to find it again. > > Anybody remember seeing this link or know where it can be found? > > Thanks for any help, > Mike Wright :m) Why do it the hard way? jst put a bootable version of DSL [only 50Mb]linux on a 128 Mb stick and use that http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/download.html
Maybe because: 0) DSL != FC 1) DSL has alot of limitations (especially in the number of available packages) -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ L. Friedman netllama@xxxxxxxxx LlamaLand http://netllama.linux-sxs.org
