[SATLUG] Linux on CD

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I"m wondering if you could do the same with Santa Fe, and make a bootable
usb for that... hmmm may have to try it and see....



On 4/3/07, Sean Carolan <scarolan at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Syslinux[1] may help with that - at least the version used by [2]Debian.
> The
> > second URL is a mini-HOWTO for a 256MB version that works for small .iso
> > images, with longer instructions that may help with larger ones.  --Don
> >
> > [1] http://syslinux.zytor.com/index.php
> > [2]
> >
> http://d-i.alioth.debian.org/manual/en.i386/apas02.html#howto-getting-images-usb
>
> I have used the syslinux method for putting BackTrack 2.0 (Slax-based
> security distro) onto a USB drive.  As I recall, the process went
> something like this:
>
> 1.  Format USB disk as FAT16
> 2.  Under Linux or Windows, use syslinux to make it bootable.
> 3.  Copy entire contents of bootable live CD onto USB disk
> 4.  Rename the isolinux.cfg file to syslinux.cfg
> 5.  Make sure whatever box you are booting on has "USB Boot" or some
> variation turned on in the bios.
>
> The advantage to doing it this way are that you can also use the disk
> for storage, and access your files from just about any OS, including
> OSX, Linux or Windows.
>
> Supposedly with Slax you can actually save all filesystem changes and
> have them come back at the next boot, but I was not able to get it to
> work despite tinkering with it for several hours.
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