>> On Sat, 27 Dec 2003, Andrew Pritchard wrote: >> >> I was given a rather funky Xmas present - a USB flashdrive/watch >> (http://www.memixdirect.com) which says it's bootable. It also claims to be >> Linux 2.4 compatible, though I've not yet tried connecting it to a Linux >> box. >> >> The programs which come with the watch allow you to set the watch as >> bootable, using a Micro$oft OS. I was wondering if it were possible to set >> it up as a Linux bootable device. >> >> I'd also like to create a bootdisk, which has a Linux kernel on it as my NT >> box at work won't talk to anything USB (gaahh we hateessss NT! *sorry - been >> watching too much LotR*). Specifically so it can talk to the NTFS partition >> on my machine at work. Alternatively I'll repartition the machine and create >> a FAT partition so Linux can talk to that. The machine at work isn't new >> enough to be able to boot from a USB device :( > >Although not a strict Debian solution, Knoppix is a debian-based >bootable-CD that supports putting your home directory on a USB >flash drive. Since you are unable to boot from USB directly, you'll >need either a floppy or CD to access it. > >If you don't like some of the defaults of Knoppix (such as the KDE >desktop by default), there are other 'live-CD' distros with different >defaults.
My work place have decided (as a security precaution) to remove all the CD drives from the work place machines. Hence I need a boot disk. I assume it would be possible to create a boot disk, which then mounts the USB device as a root partition. There is a bootdisk howto - I'll probably start looking at that. Andrew -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
