/home on a USB key with DSL 0.6.3....on a USB key

Forum: HD Install
Topic: /home on a USB key with DSL 0.6.3....on a USB key
started by: raoulg

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Posted by raoulg on April 19 2004,10:53

Hello! Sorry for my bad english

Well, I put my favorite distro on my USB key (DSL 0.6.3 of course ), and I wanted to save my /home directory on the USB disk too. When I tried to mount the key (/dev/sda1) there was an error message like "couldn't mount /dev/sda1, etc.."

How to have DSL AND the /home directory in the same USB key??

Thanks a lot!
-Rg* (FR)

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Posted by Rapidweather on April 20 2004,01:22

I believe you are supposed to download and "dd" to a floppy, a special USB boot.img that can pick up the USB key, where your /knoppix folder is.
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I have not done it myself, as I am into the live cd thing, so I do not have all the
details on that. Apparently, there are very few computers that can be changed to
boot off a USB key first, then go on to the hard drive, etc.
So, a need for a boot floppy has come about.
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