On Sat, Mar 01, 2008 at 04:04:50AM -0700, Santanu Chatterjee wrote:
> Finally, my USB pendrive is working, i.e. booting fine,
> and the installer is also working correctly.
>
> Thanks Adrian and Thierry for your help.
>
> Time to dive a little deeper into debian-installer & Co. :-)
If you have t
Finally, my USB pendrive is working, i.e. booting fine,
and the installer is also working correctly.
Thanks Adrian and Thierry for your help.
Time to dive a little deeper into debian-installer & Co. :-)
Regards,
Santanu
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On 29/02/2008, Santanu Chatterjee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Now, you said "pointing the installer to the local repository". How exactly
> is this done? When the cdrom detection failed, at a console, I found
> a directory named '/cdrom' already created (empty). I linked this directory
> so
On Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 7:20 PM, Thierry Chatelet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Friday 29 February 2008 07:15, Santanu Chatterjee wrote:
> > Hello Everybody,
> >
> > I was trying to install a very basic debian system from my 2GB
> > USB Pen Drive. For that, I
On Friday 29 February 2008 07:15, Santanu Chatterjee wrote:
> Hello Everybody,
>
> I was trying to install a very basic debian system from my 2GB
> USB Pen Drive. For that, I did the following:
>
> Thanks in advance for your help.
>
> Regards,
> Santanu
Why don'
On Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 1:34 PM, Adrian Levi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 29/02/2008, Santanu Chatterjee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > When I try to boot from the pendrive, it boots just fine, and the
> installer
> > starts OK. But then, it cannot find the cdrom. Thats OK, because the
On 29/02/2008, Santanu Chatterjee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello Everybody,
>
> I was trying to install a very basic debian system from my 2GB
> USB Pen Drive. For that, I did the following:
>
> o Formatted my pen drive as a single 2GB FAT16 partition (/dev/sdb)
&g
Hello Everybody,
I was trying to install a very basic debian system from my 2GB
USB Pen Drive. For that, I did the following:
o Formatted my pen drive as a single 2GB FAT16 partition (/dev/sdb)
o Did a "# syslinux -sf /dev/sdb" to make it bootable
o Downloaded
"http://cdi
Karl E. Jorgensen([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said:
> On Wed, Jul 04, 2007 at 12:23:44PM +0200, "Miguel J. Jiménez" wrote:
> > Hi, from some time ago I cannot mount any usb pen drive... The kernel
> > log shows:
>
> "any" USB pen drive? I.e.
Miguel J. Jiménez escribió:
Hi, from some time ago I cannot mount any usb pen drive... The kernel
log shows:
Jul 4 12:20:04 localhost kernel: usb 4-2: new full speed USB device
using uhci_hcd and address 24
Jul 4 12:20:04 localhost kernel: usb 4-2: configuration #1 chosen
from 1 choice
Jul
On Wed, Jul 04, 2007 at 12:23:44PM +0200, "Miguel J. Jiménez" wrote:
> Hi, from some time ago I cannot mount any usb pen drive... The kernel
> log shows:
"any" USB pen drive? I.e. "a" or "it doesn't matter which pen drive I
try"
[pls
"Miguel J. Jiménez" wrote:
> Hi, from some time ago I cannot mount any usb pen drive... The kernel
> log shows:
>
> Jul 4 12:20:04 localhost kernel: usb 4-2: new full speed USB device
> using uhci_hcd and address 24
> Jul 4 12:20:04 localhost kernel: usb 4-2: conf
Hi, from some time ago I cannot mount any usb pen drive... The kernel
log shows:
Jul 4 12:20:04 localhost kernel: usb 4-2: new full speed USB device
using uhci_hcd and address 24
Jul 4 12:20:04 localhost kernel: usb 4-2: configuration #1 chosen from
1 choice
Jul 4 12:20:04 localhost kernel
Shrinivasan T wrote:
Friends.
My friend encrypted a usb pen drive (ScanDisk) using windows and gave me..
he told the password to me.
You need to ask your friend, most likely. I don't know
of any "standard" means to encrypt pen drives using
Windows. But that must be tempered by
On Thu, Dec 14, 2006 at 03:53:24PM +0530, Shrinivasan T wrote:
> Friends.
>
> My friend encrypted a usb pen drive (ScanDisk) using windows and gave me..
> he told the password to me.
> That drive has got some inbuilt software for encryption.
>
> All normal usb drives are aut
Friends.
My friend encrypted a usb pen drive (ScanDisk) using windows and gave me..
he told the password to me.
That drive has got some inbuilt software for encryption.
All normal usb drives are automatically mounted in my debian box.
My usb device is /dev/sda1.
But, this pen drive can not be
Grok Mogger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> And also, has anyone ever had a usb flash drive actually wear out? I'm
> somewhat skeptical that having your OS entirely on a flash-drive would
> really ruin it. Of course, I've never tried it. But I don't think I've
> ever heard anyone mention that the
06 1:35 PM
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: Making a Debian Bootable USB Pen Drive
On Tue, Oct 03, 2006 at 07:33:23AM -0700, Ottavio Caruso wrote:
> Nuno Miguel dos Santos Baeta wrote:
>
> > Hi!
> >
> > I want to install Debian in a USB pen drive.
>
> Don&#
On Tue, Oct 03, 2006 at 12:49:46PM -0500, Mike McCarty wrote:
> Andrew Sackville-West wrote:
> >On Tue, Oct 03, 2006 at 07:33:23AM -0700, Ottavio Caruso wrote:
> >
> >>Nuno Miguel dos Santos Baeta wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>Hi!
> >>>
Andrew Sackville-West wrote:
On Tue, Oct 03, 2006 at 07:33:23AM -0700, Ottavio Caruso wrote:
Nuno Miguel dos Santos Baeta wrote:
Hi!
I want to install Debian in a USB pen drive.
Don't! Nothing should be installed on a flash drive. A traditional
install was meant for hard drives
On Tue, Oct 03, 2006 at 07:33:23AM -0700, Ottavio Caruso wrote:
> Nuno Miguel dos Santos Baeta wrote:
>
> > Hi!
> >
> > I want to install Debian in a USB pen drive.
>
> Don't! Nothing should be installed on a flash drive. A traditional
> install was m
Nuno Miguel dos Santos Baeta wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I want to install Debian in a USB pen drive.
Don't! Nothing should be installed on a flash drive. A traditional
install was meant for hard drives, not flash drives. Browser cache,
/tmp, syslog and so on will damage the device.
If you
Nuno Miguel dos Santos Baeta wrote:
> I want to install Debian in a USB pen drive.
Beware that you can't install an operating system on all USB flash
drives. I have a 128 MB model that seems to have a ROM boot sector (?).
I don't know all the gory details, but the bottom line is tha
Mladen Adamovic wrote:
> 3. USB drives are nowadays at least at my place so cheap, like 2GB
for 50 eur and that will be enough...
>
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I guess their h
On Mon, Oct 02, 2006 at 07:06:16PM +0100, Nuno Miguel dos Santos Baeta wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I want to install Debian in a USB pen drive.
Over my shoulder, I hear the words, "Make sure he doesn't put his swap
file on the pen drive. That would be very bad for the pen drove.&qu
1. for minimal system 400MB should be enough IMHO
2. for X depends what you choose as applications.
3. USB drives are nowadays at least at my place so cheap, like 2GB for
50 eur and that will be enough...
Nuno Miguel dos Santos Baeta wrote:
Hi!
I want to install Debian in a USB pen drive
Hi!
I want to install Debian in a USB pen drive. My first problem is, how
big should the pen drive be according to the following options:
1st option. Minimal system with some networking tools.
2nd option. 1st option + X with FVWM.
Thanks!
PS - There is only one reason for me to post this
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T wrote:
> Hi
>
> I am able to mount my USB pen drive by
>
> sudo mount /dev/sdb /media/usbdrive/
>
> However, after I umount it, I can't remount it again:
>
>
> sudo umount /media/usbdriv
Hi
I am able to mount my USB pen drive by
sudo mount /dev/sdb /media/usbdrive/
However, after I umount it, I can't remount it again:
sudo umount /media/usbdrive
sudo eject /dev/sdb
$ sudo mount /dev/sdb /media/usbdrive/
mount: No medium found
Troy Nelson wrote:
> I'm looking for instruction on how to create a base install of Debian for my
> pen drive.
Installing Debian from files on a USB drive is documented in the
installation manual.
Installing _to_ a USB drive is mostly a matter of finding a drive, bios,
and bootloader that all hap
I'm looking for instruction on how to create a base install of Debian for my pen drive.
This way I don't have to have cd-rom drives in all my computers.
Thanks
Troy
Suggest 'fdisk /dev/sdb' to check out the partition table on the unmounted
device - make a back-up first.
I have a 128 MByte '3-inch' USB flash drive that occasionally ends up with a
thrashed partition table - although I always unmount and eject it properly.
I've tried various file-systems on i
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T wrote:
> That didn't work, which I tried first (mount /dev/sdb1). mount told me to
> specify file system type.
I said /dev/sdb, not /dev/sdb1.
> Besides, merely mount /dev/sdb will definately won't work, since there are
> apparently partitions in
On Fri, 30 Dec 2005 16:43:28 -0700, Paul E Condon wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 30, 2005 at 05:13:29PM -0500, T wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I need to copy some file from my friend's USB pen drive, but wasn't able
>> to because I don't know how to properly mount i
On Fri, 30 Dec 2005 17:40:53 -0500, Chris Howie wrote:
>> I tried to mount /dev/sdb1 with type auto and vfat, but failed. Then I
>> tried with usbfs. It mounted ok, but I wasn't able to find any meaningful
>> files from the mount:
>
> usbfs is a virtual filesystem, like proc. It gives you inform
T wrote:
Hi,
I need to copy some file from my friend's USB pen drive, but wasn't able
to because I don't know how to properly mount it.
The disk partition looks like this:
$ fdisk -l /dev/sdb
Disk /dev/sdb: 521 MB, 521928704 bytes
17 heads, 59 sectors/track, 1016 cylinders
Un
On Fri, Dec 30, 2005 at 05:13:29PM -0500, T wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I need to copy some file from my friend's USB pen drive, but wasn't able
> to because I don't know how to properly mount it.
>
The answer depends on which kernel version you are running, because
there ha
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T wrote:
> I tried to mount /dev/sdb1 with type auto and vfat, but failed. Then I
> tried with usbfs. It mounted ok, but I wasn't able to find any meaningful
> files from the mount:
usbfs is a virtual filesystem, like proc. It gives you information a
Hi,
I need to copy some file from my friend's USB pen drive, but wasn't able
to because I don't know how to properly mount it.
The disk partition looks like this:
$ fdisk -l /dev/sdb
Disk /dev/sdb: 521 MB, 521928704 bytes
17 heads, 59 sectors/track, 1016 cylinders
Units = cy
You are right but you are jumping ahead...
First create a dir in /mnt and call it something familiar like /mnt/pen
then mount it (as root) :
#mount -tvfat -oumask /dev/sda1 /mnt/pen
#cd /mnt/pen
#ls
MeniOn 5/30/05, Rafael Gomes Sasaki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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--- Software Development Group <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I am putting a pen drive on the USB port and I can't see it. How do I link
> to it? Mount it?...
try to read the dmesg output and find out which device was allocated to it.
On mine, the device is usually the /dev/sda1, so I can mount
I have sarge with a 2.6 kernel, and running gnome-volume-manager automatically
mounts my usb pen
drive, the device automatically appears in KDE Konqueror.
--- Software Development Group <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi.
>
> I am putting a pen drive on the USB port and I can
Software Development Group wrote:
Hi.
I am putting a pen drive on the USB port and I can't see it. How do I
link to it? Mount it?...
Thanks.
You need kernel with usb support.
If you have kernel from Debian distribution, you have kernel modules for
usb support.
Type as root:
modprobe usbc
Software Development Group <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hi.
>
> I am putting a pen drive on the USB port and I can't see it. How do I
> link to it? Mount it?...
http://www.debian-administration.org/?article=126
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open a command prompt and type dmesg after yopu plug it in that will let you
kinow which device is is /dev/sda1 (for example if you have no other usb mass
storage devices plugged in or scsi devices) and then you can just
mount /dev/sda1 /mount/point/wherever/you/like
On Friday 27 May 2005 15:50
On Fri, 27 May 2005 10:50:19 -0400
Software Development Group <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi.
>
> I am putting a pen drive on the USB port and I can't see it. How do I link
> to it? Mount it?...
Put this line in /etc/fstab:
/dev/sda1/media/usb-key vfatrw,user,noauto 0 0
th
On Fri, 27 May 2005 10:50:19 -0400
Software Development Group <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi.
>
> I am putting a pen drive on the USB port and I can't see it. How do I link
> to it? Mount it?...
>
Put this line in /etc/fstab:
/dev/sda1/media/usb-key vfatrw,user,noauto 0 0
Hi.
I am putting a pen drive on the USB port and I can't see it. How do I link
to it? Mount it?...
Thanks.
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On 5/16/05, Sven Arvidsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Sorry, I should have added that you need to add yourself to the
> plugdev group also. Else, try running gnome-volume-manager from a
> terminal when you plug in the devices, and watch for any messages.
I added the users to the plugdev group. a
Dan R. Hunt wrote:
> I have the latest version installed, and the box's selected for mount
> and browse.
Sorry, I should have added that you need to add yourself to the
plugdev group also. Else, try running gnome-volume-manager from a
terminal when you plug in the devices, and watch for any messag
On 5/16/05, Sven Arvidsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> If those are UMS (USB Mass Storage) all you should need is
> gnome-volume-manager.
I have the latest version installed, and the box's selected for mount
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Dan R. Hunt wrote:
> I want to activate the Automount for a USB pen drive ( also an iopd
> shuffle ) using
> Gnome on a Sarge system with a stock 2.6.8-2-k7 kernel. I'm looking
> for the icon to appear on the desktop when I plug one of these two
> into a usb port.
If tho
I want to activate the Automount for a USB pen drive ( also an iopd
shuffle ) using
Gnome on a Sarge system with a stock 2.6.8-2-k7 kernel. I'm looking
for the icon to appear on the desktop when I plug one of these two
into a usb port.
I have created a file called /etc/udev/rules
|>> I want to mount an 128Mb USB pen drive IBM on my woody 3.0_r1.
|>> The kernel version is 2.4.18 and it has disabled USB support, so I
|>> have to recompile it. Which options should I have to enable in the
|>> kernel to mount the pen drive (in adition to USB support)?
Hello Eduardo!
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> I want to mount an 128Mb USB pen drive IBM on my woody 3.0_r1.
> The kernel version is 2.4.18 and it has disabled USB support, so I
> have to recompile it. Which options should I have to enable in the
&g
Hi all
I want to mount an 128Mb USB pen drive IBM on my woody 3.0_r1.
The kernel version is 2.4.18 and it has disabled USB support, so I
have to recompile it. Which options should I have to enable in the
kernel to mount the pen drive (in adition to USB support)?
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On Thursday 26 December 2002 15:11, Lars Jensen wrote:
> I just purchased a USB 256MB pen drive. The manufacturer claims that it
> works with linux (kernel 2.4.x - I have 2.4.20). I'm having trouble
> mounting the drive, and was wondering what type of
I just purchased a USB 256MB pen drive. The manufacturer claims that it
works with linux (kernel 2.4.x - I have 2.4.20). I'm having trouble
mounting the drive, and was wondering what type of device it is.
It doesn't seem to be /dev/sda?. My system does have USB support, and
other USB devices work
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