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

[Mark Street]

The saga continues.  Since getting DSL on the jumpdrive I have added the 
NT/Password change/recovery toolset, and the Fedora Core 3 iso installation 
contents.  I gave it a go on the Dell Latitude just for kicks (bye Knoppix).  
Tried the wireless install, but had to settle for the wire.  Boom, nice Dell 
Latitude D400 with FC3 easy as pie....  I wish it were mine.

Just pick your kernel/initrd and a few choice arguments and go to town.  
Syslinux is cool.

These USB keys could be dangerous with an unprotected BIOS........ ; )

On Friday 18 March 2005 12:46, Mark Street wrote:
> 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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