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Posted: Aug. 14 2004,20:51 |
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So far, I've got 3 different USB sticks booting DSL (Lexar JumpDrive, BusDrive and an FMI generic). Now I'm trying to do some fancy stuff and I find out that syslinux isn't passing user-entered options into the boot environment. So if I type 'dsl restore=/dev/sdb2' at the boot: prompt, the restore option doesn't show up in /proc/cmdline (as verified with an echo statement in the linuxrc inside miniroot.gz). I know user options work on the CD. I was using them all week. What the heck am I missing in the USB boot scenario? syslinux.cfg looks pretty much identical to the one in boot.img on the CD.
Jumping slightly OT for a bit, does anyone know if FMI is still making the generic 64MB sticks that CompUSA used to sell? I like the form factor a lot. It's really slim, and will fit into a stacked USB socket alongside another plug without a problem (unlike the Lexars and BusDrive, which are too fat). If not FMI, is another company making a similar unit?
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I did happen by Office Max yesterday and picked up two of the Lexar 64MB JumpDrives for $19.95 ea. They work well enough. I just wish they were a little slimmer. Here's what I mean:
