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Topic: sda1 = "Irregular" = cdrom? Argh..., Boot from usb, but can't MOUNT it!?

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jshaw

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Posted: Mar. 06 2006,04:25

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frugal is added to the list of automatic cheatcodes during a pendribe USB install process

Well then, how do I stop that? I would like to be able to remove my pendrive.

And yes I have enough ram. 512MB. I've run DSL 0.8something through 1.0 on this pc from a frugal install and livecd, both with toram.

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roberts

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Posted: Mar. 06 2006,05:32

jshaw, you are talking about a different issue than the topic of this thread.

That being usb booting with toram option. The results you are seeing is because of Linux type files residing on a VFAT filesystem. Whereas the KNOPPIX/KNOPPIX on VFAT becomes knoppix/knoppix

To accomodate your request would likely result in a specialized linuxrc inside minirt24.gz. This is quite frankly of not high on the TODO list. Having a specialized minirt24.gz would then dictate not being able to use a common image to deploy usb installation from the liveCD or frugal installs from pendrives, etc. It would most likely mean having to have a separate download of said specialized image. All because of using VFAT because that it, VFAT, is which is natively booted. Could we use something other than Syslinux / VFAT, maybe. But USB booting is difficult enough and the older hardware did not have very good standards. Seems like a pandora's box to me. Is the effort worth results and more so the inconvience? All of this hassle so you can remove the pendrive after to toram load.

cbagger01

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Posted: Mar. 06 2006,17:22

If you want to stop the USB pendrive frugal booting (allows "Write" access to your pendrive), the open the SYSLINUX.CFG file with a text editor and remove the word "frugal" from all of the various APPEND lines inside the file.

But I am not sure if removing the word "frugal" is going to help with your problem. I am just suggesting that you give it a try and see what happens.

mvisconte

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Posted: Mar. 06 2006,22:06

Quote (cbagger01 @ Mar. 05 2006,22:05)

... guess ... you don't have enough RAM available for "toram" mode, and/or you booted with the "frugal" cheatcode ...

In my case, it's not ram... the laptop has two gig (more than *I'VE* ever had...). I will check the auto cheatcodes... I have stayed away from any that I don't fully understand (grin).

An additional update, while I don't remember WHAT I did, I DO have the USB updating even tho' the system thinks it's a CDROM. It's a minor irritation, as I can't save anything to it during a normal session, but any changes made to the system in TORAM mode ARE written back at shutdown.

Not optimal, but better than nothing.

Is there an easy way to tell if the system did a frugal install? I've got a 50M (ok, 48M) file "KNOPPIX" in a "KNOPPIX" directory on the USB.

The default linux24 entry in syslinux.cfg contains:
frugal restore=sda1 BOOT_IMAGE=knoppix

I take it that this is what it boots to if I let it timeout (usually while fetching something to drink while it's booting). does the lower-case "knoppix" matter against the upper-case directory/filename?

roberts

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Posted: Mar. 07 2006,01:11

I decided to go in and take look at the vfat issue.
Got it working and can now effectively use the toram option on the usb booted pendrives.

I was able to not to have a separate minirt24.gz but instead combine with the existing one. Thus everyone will benefit.

Look for this in v2.3.

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