USB key problem (newbie)

Forum: User Feedback
Topic: USB key problem (newbie)
started by: rastaferraille

Posted by rastaferraille on Nov. 10 2005,12:27

Hi everybody,

Sorry for my english (i'm french). I don't manage to intall DSL on my USB key. When I boot on the CD with the USB key plugged into the computer, the system is not able to start. So I've tried to boot without the key, but when i try to intstall the system on my key, it crashes. I've looked to /etc/fstab, nothing is written inside. Can someone help me please ?

Etienne

Posted by SuperLou on Nov. 10 2005,13:17

You can boot from the liveCD?
Does your computer support booting from USB?

Posted by rastaferraille on Nov. 10 2005,17:45

Yes, I can boot from the CD, but I can't if the key is plugged: The pc stays on the message "... writing fstab" and nothing happens. My Bios supports USB Boot. If I try to mount my key, the system crashes too. My fstab file is empty, my hard disk seams not to be mounted too.

thanks

Posted by SuperLou on Nov. 10 2005,18:08

Do you have the boot order so USB key is below the cd-rom? Does the usb key have anything on it right now? This link is kinda old by now, but if you try the stuff at < http://www.everything2.org/?node_id=1712243 > you can install dsl from within windows. With some luck someone who understands this stuff better than I will jump into this thread.

Posted by rastaferraille on Nov. 10 2005,20:13

Thanks, I'll try it from windows. It's strange that my key can't be mounted under DSL (so I can't use the tool to proceed the ' to USB pendrive installation' ). Maybe they're compatibility problems ...

Posted by spock on Nov. 12 2005,22:28

My USB key was not found by DSL on booting with the live CD (RC1). It also didn't find the file system when installed manually to the keyfob. I found out minirt24.gz was not loading the usb modules properly, so I edited the file linuxrc and now I'm happy :

Ungzip minirt24.gz, mount the file minirt24 with

Code Sample

mount -o loop minirt24 /mnt

and edit linuxrc (you can use as a model the linuxrc from Featherlinux, an other distro based on Knoppix where Usb support works out of the box). You might also want to copy the module uhci.o to /modules/scsi. When you're finished editing umount minirt24 and gzip it again.

Of course this is all done in Linux. Enjoy DSL

Posted by rastaferraille on Nov. 15 2005,13:09

Ok, many thanks. I'll try it.
Could you be more precise about the module uhci.o ?
What's the linuxrc file and where is it ?
Maybe you could be more precise and explain me the method step by step...

(Sorry, i'm a newbie)