Hi, David Wright wrote: > > > As an aside, one used to be able to buy USB sticks that had a "CD" at > > > the start of the drive, followed by a partition of choice. > > > It's branded SanDisk U3 SMART cruzer 4GB.
I wrote: > > I have one with some Windows programs in the virtual CD. A gift from > > around 2010. It appears to Linux as USB hub with CD-ROM and disk-like > > storage device. > > But how would i change the size or content of the virtual CD ? > With the u3-tool package. I will try this when i find the courage to risk my second oldest USB stick. It would be a very neat way to carry a netinst ISO and writable partitions without confusing any reader by partition nesting. The partition table of the ISO would have no job, because the EFI firmware would look at the El Torito boot catalog. Regrettably the Debian Live ISOs with GUI have grown so that a 4 GB SanDisk U3 stick leaves not much free room, if any. Have a nice day :) Thomas
