[SATLUG] Linux on CD

[Borries Demeler]

> I may be coming in late here, but if I understand it correctly, you are
> trying to make a bootable usb flash ram drive.

Not really, I want to do 2 things:

1. have a generic way of installing a bootable iso image (a live CD for example)
on a USB stick so the USB essentially behaves the same as the CD

2. find some generic instructions (roll my own distro). Tom King
already sent a link that seems to accomplish this - although I have
not tried it (http://linuxgazette.net/113/kapil.html)

I am still looking for a solution for (1). Installing a standard linux
to a stick is probably the same process as to a harddrive. But I think
it would be cool if I could make it on a compressed fs and using a ramdisk.
To be honest, I may not have the time to investigate further if this is
as extensive as in the link supplied by Tom King.

Thanks, -Borries

> 
> Try using fdisk to create a single partition, then use `mkfs -t ext2
> /dev/sda1` on that partition.  You might want to run  tune2fs -c 0 -i 0
> /dev/sda1 to disable disk checks on startup.
> 
> Then install grub directly.
> 
> grub
> > root (hd1,0)
> > setup (hd1)
> 
> Assuming grub recognizes it as hd1 which would be normal if there is
> only one normal disk in the system.
> 
> Then create /boot/grub/menu.lst, copy the kernel and other necessary
> files from whatever source you want and you should be ready to go.
> 
> Here's a link that does essentially the same thing:
> 
> http://www.eecs.iu-bremen.de/wiki/index.php/Creating_a_bootable_USB_stick
> 
>   -- Bruce
> -- 
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