On Monday 09 October 2006 12:14 pm, Lonni J Friedman wrote: > 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) So? you're not using it as a main distro just to repair the old one > > -- > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > L. Friedman netllama@xxxxxxxxx > LlamaLand http://netllama.linux-sxs.org -- Diplomacy is the art of saying "Nice Doggy" While you look for a rock..Will Rodgers
