5-way install fails

Forum: USB booting
Topic: 5-way install fails
started by: tawalker

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Posted by tawalker on Sep. 14 2005,21:18

I've recently had to reinstall my DSL pendrive installation (long story) after over a year, and soon wished I didn't have to...

I managed to get the drive (Sandisk Mini Cruzer 256Mb) booting DSL v1.5, thanks to the "install to pendrive - USB-HDD" option. However, I wanted to install the 5-way boot option, to have the Embedded option (QEMU) in Windows, so I downloaded the package, unpacked it and ran the script.

Basically, the script fails when I have to specify the device name of the pendrive, which on this PC is /dev/sdc. I try specifying "sdc" and "sdc1", as normal user and root, and in all cases it tells me "Permission denied" (note: the drive is not mounted at this point).

Could the problem be that I have actually booted DSL from the pendrive itself? Any suggestions welcome

Thanks,
Tim.

P.S. Love the new default wallpaper in 1.5!

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Posted by clivesay on Sep. 14 2005,21:31

If you already have a booting pendrive, just download the embedded.zip and place the files on the pendrive. If I'm thinking right, that's all that's needed.

Not sure why you're getting the Permission Denied if running as root.

Chris

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Posted by cbagger01 on Sep. 16 2005,03:18

Yes, this is the problem.

You should boot from the livecd and then use the 5-way install script to update your USB drive.

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