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Topic: How I got DSL on a USB Key (From Windows), Step by step instructions on what I did

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PockyBum522 Offline

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Posted: June 28 2005,04:20

I'm a noob to this, but here's what I did and it worked (Twice even)

1. Put your usb key in a usb port
2. Format it as fat16
3. Put a blank floppy in your floppy drive
4. Open a command prompt
5. Navigate to where you extracted the files
6. Run rawrite2
7. Type bootusb.img and press enter.
8. Type a: and press enter.
9. Press enter
10 Copy all the files off the floppy onto your usb drive root
11 Run mkbt -c a: bootsect.bin
12 Run mkbt -x bootsect.bin E: (If E is your usb key's drive letter. BE 100% SURE as this overwrites the boot sector on that drive)
13 Copy files from dsl-1.2.1.iso to your usb drive

Notes: To get files from the iso I use winrar (www.rarlabs.com)
To open a command window go to start>run and type command.
To navigate in dos use cd to get from your current folder to a subfolder. (E.g. CD folder)

All files mentioned here are in this zip: http://www.freewebs.com/pockybum522/DSLUSBTutorial.zip

hmoner

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Posted: June 29 2005,17:18

Great tip !
I suppose this tutorial is for making DSL boot from USB drive..

But what about running DSL from usb drive, but by booting the usb drive from QEMU ?

I mean, in the DSL website, a usb pen drive is offered, which includes DSL and something to run it in Windows without rebooting the machine... this is what i want...

da ya know where to find a tut - howto for this ?

thanks

cbagger01

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Posted: June 30 2005,01:59

It's called DSL Embedded.

It is possible to have a DSL USB install that has both the USB boot capability AND the QEMU Windows capability, but you need to download and run the 5-way install script from the DSL download site.