boot from a usb flash drive

Forum: Other Help Topics
Topic: boot from a usb flash drive
started by: bi0logic

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Posted by bi0logic on Jan. 31 2004,05:12

i would like to know if any one knew how to boot dsl off a 128mb usb flash drive

if you do then could you please explane how

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Posted by TyphoonMentat on Jan. 31 2004,08:40

Look at < http://rz-obrian.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de/knoppix-usb/ > or try Flonix, a DSL-based distro which boots off a USB drive.

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Posted by bi0logic on Feb. 03 2004,03:51

ok i tryed that but it didnt work


is there a way i could boot directly from a hd
with out the  cd?

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Posted by Jeremy on Feb. 12 2004,15:23

You have to dwld Flonix, then replace
"/KNOPPIX/knoppix"
with the one from DSL

Then you should use syslinux to make the drive bootable.

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Posted by TyphoonMentat on Feb. 14 2004,19:05

(realises he didn't even promote his own distribution which can boot from USB)

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Posted by hasty on Feb. 15 2004,14:03

Aw shucks ...........

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