On Mon, 2006-10-09 at 13:47 -0700, Grumpy_Penguin wrote: > 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 > Hi Maybe http://www.vigla.eclipse.co.uk/ but it is much easier than this - Update 10_8_2006 initrd_usb.gz has been created right at the end of a > > clean FC5 install to a USB disk in "linux expert" mode. > > After removing the FC5 DVD > > Cont/Alt/F2 > > chroot /mnt/sysimage /sbin/mkinitrd --preload=ehci-hcd --preload=ohci-hcd --preload=usb-storage \ --preload=scsi_mod --preload=sd_mod /boot/initrd_usb.gz \ 2.6.15-1.2054_FC5 > > This USB disk boots successfully on two machines with a bit of tweaking > > of grub interactively during the first boot and then changing grub.conf > > as required. Works with FC5 (with kde!!) on a 2G Kingston stick DataTraveler Elite read and write speeds of up to 24MB/sec. and 14MB/sec. Very usable !! John
