[SATLUG] Linux on CD

[Walt DuBose]

Borries Demeler wrote:
>>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
>>-- 

Here's some information from the Linux Ham radio group.  --  Walt

A good source of information and installation on loading Linux on a USB
Flash drive is the pendrivelinux.com site. They have some lightweight
linux versions as well as Ubuntu Edgy. Some are installed through MS OS
and some through GNU/Linux OS.

If you do it, let us know how it turned out for you.

73,

Rick, KV9U