>On Sun, 2008-02-03 at 13:41 -0600, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: >> Knute Johnson wrote: >> > Can anybody explain to me in terms that a Linux blivet can >> > understand, why you can't do a regular install to a USB jump drive? >> > >> > Thanks very much, >> > >> From what I remember, you have to use the expert mode to install to >> a USB storage device. I didn't check when I did the install of F8, >> but with earlier versions, the installer would not see the USB drive >> in the normal install mode. > >I have an F7 memory stick in my hand that boots fine. >As suggested install using expert mode. >grub.conf may need to vary depending on how the BIOS sees the drives. I >have two machines that see the stick as a hard drive when you hit Esc >during boot >and select the boot device and make this hd0 > >> >> It sort of makes sense, because you have to know a bit more to do a >> USB install. If you are going to boot from the USB drive, using the >> BIOS option to boot from a USB drive, then you have to tell Grub >> that the drive will be hd0 when you boot, even though it will be >> some other drive during the install. This is because most BIOSs will >> map the internal drive(s) before the USB drives when booting from >> anything but the USB drive. >> >> You may also run into problem of shortened life on the jump drive >> with a normal install. (There has been a lot of debate on how much >> of a factor that will be.) > >The latest memory sticks have wear levelling that solves this problem. >Corsair Flash Voyager (GT) 8GB runs very well with F7 and KDE. >It has static wear levelling and a 5 year warranty. >I don't get the quoted 33MBytes/sec when simple test with hdparm. More >like 25MB/s > >I just haven't got round to trying F8 but assume that it would be OK > > >> >> As another option, you can install a live CD image to a jump drive. >> I don't have the link handy that gives the detailed instructions. It >> gives you the advantage of lower ware on the jump drive. You can >> also install to a smaller drive, because of the compressed file >> system used in the live CDs. The disadvantage is that you have a >> hard time updating or adding packages. >> How does one get it into 'expert' mode? Thanks, -- Knute Johnson Molon Labe...
