Booting from USB? (was Re: [NBLUG/talk] An different kind of initrd)

[Mark Street]

Well, I thought I would report positively on this.

Hardware - Lexar 512M Jumpdrive 
Linux Distro - Damn Small Linux, http://www.damnsmalllinux.org
Read the Docs and the Forums
For reference I used - Boot KNOPPIX from an USB Memory Stick  - 
http://rz-obrian.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de/knoppix-usb/

I successfully booted both Dell Latitude D400 and Inspiron 5100 after setting 
the BIOS to boot from USB Mass Storage.

Do it the Debian way by utilizing 3-4 hours of your time and your own 
jumpdrive or purchase a jump drive from damnsmalllinux.org fully loaded for 
50 frogskins.  You make the call.

On Sunday 26 September 2004 17:26, sms at sonic.net wrote:
> > Since I didn't get any responses on my query about using a USB mass
> > storage device as a root filesystem, I'm guessing that I've encountered
> > an issue that few (if any) Linux users have met before, and so I've
> > tried to improvise.
>
> Huh... I thought I'd seen "booting from USB stick" as a well-treated
> issue here on NBLUG/talk...
>
> Anyone recall that?  Recall *WHEN* so we can point him at the right
> archive?  Or have I been hallucinating?
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