Hi randhir, On Thu, 2006-03-16 at 19:56 +0000, randhir phagura wrote: > I intend booting the new lfs system from the host system. The host system > has hda (the main hard drive), hdc (the dvd-rom) and the IBM Microdrive > mounted on SanDisk adapter connected to USB port of the host. This drive is > configured as usb-storage in the kernel and host system recognises it
> as'sda'. There is only one partition on this drive i.e. sda1. Grub is > installed on Microdrive but not setup on the MBR because I intend to boot it > from the host. I have been trying couple days to get Grub, the bootload, to work on an USB pendrive without a breakthrough, making the latter working as an USB HD. The BIOS of my motherboard supports; USB-ZIP USB-HDD USB-CDROM USB-FDD SCSI etc. I have no problem to get a Linux running on a pendrive formatted on FAT16 ZIP geometry using syslinux to boot minitrc.gz. The problem in front of me are 1) The pendrive must be on FAT16/32 otherwise the BIOS won't detect it. 2) FAT16/32 does not support symbolic link. etc. If you have any breakthrough please keep us posted. TIA B.R. SL > http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support > FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html > Unsubscribe: See the above information page -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
