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Topic: DSL on USB-Stick HOWTO, A manual howto install DSL on a USB-Stik

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cbagger01

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Posted: Dec. 23 2004,01:18

ehci-hcd is used for USB 2.0 controllers.

Does your laptop support USB 2.0 or just USB 1.1?

tawalker

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Posted: Dec. 23 2004,09:32

It's about 3 years old, so the laptop probably only supports USB 1.1. (The USB Flash drive I'm using is a Sandisk Mini Cruzer, so it's USB 2.0 - should be backwards-compatible, though.)

Maybe I'll give it another try and see what happens...

Thanks,
Tim

mikenac
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Posted: Jan. 08 2005,04:28

Short Version

If you want the usb install script to work, do this (from a running DSL system):

Note: Make sure the usb drive is NOT mounted.

1. Open a terminal.
2. Load modules as in previous post.
3. Insert the usb drive.
4. 'dmesg | grep SCSI' this should show you the device name (sda, sdb) or use the cdrecord -scanbus
5. 'cd /home/dsl'
6. 'sudo dsl-usbinstall'

This will:

1. Download the frugal_usb.tar.gz
2. Download the bootusb-xxx.img.
3. Run the frugal_usb.sh script.

goddy
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Posted: Jan. 20 2005,11:14

So, well, now I'm depressed: Whatever I tried, I didn't manage to save the configurations on my pendrive. I tried nearly every Howto, that I found on this board.

What I want to do: I want to add a Virusscanner to my DSL on USB Stick. I chose Bitdefender. So far I managed to install it, I managed to add the directory opt/bdc to the filetool.lst ... but it's not saving anything. Not even my Desktop configuration. I have the backup.tar.gz in my root on the pen. In powerdown.sh the line is uncommented. I'm booting with dsl restore=sda1...

Does anybody of you have an idea what is going wrong?

tronik

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Posted: Jan. 20 2005,17:31

try to see if there is anything happening during shutdown. i know that many times when mine is attempting to back up, there is a race condition which causes the backup to err out and the backup doesn't actually get performed. if i do the backup manually (as i explain below) then everything works properly. i dont know when/if this will ever be fixed because it is a race condition and it does not happen everywhere and on everyones machines.

otherwise, to make sure, you can always check /opt/.backup_device to make sure its got the device you want to back up to entered in there, and then, use 'filetool.sh'

try typing (from a root terminal) 'filetool.sh backup' to backup the files in filetool.lst and 'filetool.sh restore' to restore the backup from the device in /opt/.backup_device

hope this helps.

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-william
atlanta, GA, USA

DSL 1.0+2.4.27/sata : P4 2.4norwood : 512ddr2 : nvgf4ti4200-64 : 128mbLexar Jumpdrive Elite

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