Lexar Jumpdrive secure 1gb

Forum: USB booting
Topic: Lexar Jumpdrive secure 1gb
started by: killed14puppies

Posted by killed14puppies on Dec. 23 2004,15:53

If I try to set up dsl to boot from this pendrive will it delete the secure features program that comes standard on this jumpdrive? I ordered this yesterday and am awaiting arrival however I would like to install dsl to boot up and understand that formatting the jumpdrive is the first step. Any help??

Posted by cbagger01 on Dec. 24 2004,03:17

Yes

It will delete the security utility programs that come with your pendrive.

You may be able to back up the utility programs to a floppy disk or to your local hard drive before formatting but once you format the pendrive they will be lost.

Posted by killed14puppies on Dec. 24 2004,17:22

Is there a way to apply DSL to the pendrive without formatting first?

Edit: Forgot to say THANKS by the way.

Posted by cbagger01 on Dec. 24 2004,17:35

Nope

Unless your pendrive is already formatted as "Bootable", it appears like you will need to reformat the drive.

Posted by Caspar_s on Dec. 25 2004,02:04

Although depending on what the secure app is, you might be able to put it in a separate partition once you have formatted and installed DSL.

I had four partitions on my new compactflash. 1 of 256mb and 3 empty....? Deleted them all, (installed, failed to boot, re-read the instructions ;-), changed the sectors to 32, installed, worked fine.

I also loaded 0.9.1 onto it by opening the iso, copying the knoppix file over the old one (and the new logo.16 file) and rebooting.

Nice and easy.