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iLovePinguins
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Posted: Oct. 01 2005,23:30 QUOTE
i have made a similar mistake
don't install as usb-hdd     BIOS can't handle the ext3 or any other than FAT
it will not work on usb-sticks

don't know why but i have tried it with different systems (dsl,insert,puppy)

only the usb-pendrive installations seems to work well
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Posted: Oct. 02 2005,10:45 QUOTE
Hi,

I have a feeling this is why there are so many posts on installing to usb..

Its very hit & miss .....

I found using grub on stick worked ... even split drive to two partitions ... one for /boot other for /dsl etc.. that seemed to work ...

My new system does not want to have any of it ... lol

Set bios for USB-HDD & it finds stick ...

What gets me if I run qemu ... dsl boots fine ...(qemu /dev/sda1)

I thought usb-hdd dsl intall format was fat ? .... guess thats do it works with windows ...

does it make that much difference which fs you use?

provided you are not reading & writing all the time

Confused you will be lol

MrG
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Posted: Oct. 06 2005,08:51 QUOTE
Ok...

I have switched from grub (hda) to lilo ... & pendrive still complains grub error 15 ...

Sooo I guess grub is still present on drive

two options

1) Wipe it from pendrive

2) add /boot/grub/menu.lst see I can get it working again

If anyoner knows how to nuke pendrive please let me know ;-)

MrG
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Posted: Oct. 06 2005,13:05 QUOTE
I nuked mine by accident, so I know. sudo su, mount sda1, load cfdisk, delete the partion on sda1. Make sure you don't delete the partion on hda1 or sdb1 or anything else, like I did. :angry:

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Posted: Oct. 06 2005,13:28 QUOTE
Hi,

Would grub be on sda ?...I need to wipe that ....

mbr ... whatever lol


*shivers* My nightmare wipin' me hard drive ... :(
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