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Posted: Sep. 26 2005,17:02 QUOTE

I recently purchased a psp and have since developed a fascination with its possibilities as a tech aid device.  Computers see the memory stick of the psp as a generic drive, and Sandisk says the stick is unrestricted in the types of data it will store.  Does anyone know if it is possible to put a usb version of dsl on a psp memory stick, and use the psp as an external boot device to boot a pc into dsl?
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Posted: Sep. 27 2005,04:25 QUOTE

It is probably possible.  The only way to know for sure is to try it out.

However, there is a chance that some critical PSP related data files could be lost as the USB install scripts will reformat your USB device.

So it is best to backup your PSP before attempting a USB installation.

Assuming that your PSP is detected as device /dev/sda and your hard drive is located at /mnt/hda1 , you could backup the device to a file like this:

sudo su
dd if=/dev/sda of=/mnt/hda1/pspbackup.img


and if needed, you can restore it like this:

dd if=/mnt/hda1/pspbackup.img of=/dev/sda


This is just an example, but you get the idea.

Good luck, and don't blame me if something goes wrong.  There is some risk in attempting this procedure, especially if you don't understand what you are doing.
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