Re: dual purpose USB-key

2007-09-11 Thread Mirco Piccin
Hi! > In your experiment, you installed multiple distros. But I assume that > the installation routine is quite different from the installer unless > the debian installer is kind of a live system that could be added to > grub menu. well, i use geexbox live-cd, using "hd-install" (or "install-hd"

Re: dual purpose USB-key

2007-09-11 Thread Haines Brown
Mirco, first I should apologize for having posted my question twice in the group. Don't know how I did that. In your experiment, you installed multiple distros. But I assume that the installation routine is quite different from the installer unless the debian installer is kind of a live system tha

Re: dual purpose USB-key

2007-09-11 Thread Mirco Piccin
Hi. > Is it possible to boot to grub and in its menu choose between either doing maintenance on the > current hard disk or running the installer to install a basic debian > system on a new hard disk? Last xmas i do something similar for some customers. My usb-key drive was so 'configured': - a mu

dual purpose USB-key

2007-09-10 Thread Haines Brown
The USB-key drive is often recommended for a) a small bootable system to do system maintenance, b) a way to install a debian system. I find directions on how to prepare a USB-key to do one or the other, but not how to do both with the same USB-key. Is it possible to boot to grub and in its menu ch