On Sun, 2004-12-05 at 00:50 +0000, Jean-Michel Hiver wrote: > Johnson, Chad wrote: > > >Hi, > > > >I just bought a USB harddrive and I want to install Debian on > it. I have a base Debian installed on a miniCD, and when I boot > to the Debian installer and I get to the partitioning part, my > drive is not listed, so I can't partition my drive. > > > > > Actually I would be interested in knowing how to do this too. What I > would want to do is install a minimal debian system on 1gb flash usb 2 > with maybe 1gb memory (to avoid swapping on flash...). Coupled with a > low power / underclocked CPU, you could make very robust, fanless and > noiseless workstations with no mechanical parts in them...
There are ways to make bootable thumbdrives, so I'm sure that you could do the same with a flash drive. In fact, when Googling for "linux boot usb drive", the first two entries are: http://www.simonf.com/usb/ http://featherlinux.berlios.de/usb-instructions.htm -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson, LA USA PGP Key ID 8834C06B I prefer encrypted mail. "What other evidence do you have that they are terrorists, other than that they trained in these camps?" 17-Sep-2002 Katie Couric to an FBI agent regarding the 5 men arrested near Buffalo NY
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