-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Mirco Piccin wrote: > Hi! > Well, for xmas i do something like that as gift for my customers. > I prepare a usb with many tiny linux distro bootable via usb and with > grub (to choice the preferred distro). > > There are a lot of minimal linux distro, and many are debian based > (DamnSmallLinux, Knoppix, for example). > I think that for your aim you must use a live distro. > > It's quite easy to use a live distro in a usb device. > You can : > - format usb devices as fat: > # mkfs.vfat -n <volumename> -F 16 <usbdevice_partition (/dev/sda1, for > example)> > > - mount the live cd iso and usb device: > # mount -o loop <iso> <mount point> > # mount -t vfat <usbdevice_partition> <usbdevice_partition_mountpoint> > > - copy all content to usb device. > # cp -a <iso mount point>/* <usbdevice_partition_mountpoint> > > -if it's a livecd, probably use syslinux/isolinux to boot, so find > syslinux.bin and syslinux.cfg (in root directory) OR isolinux.bin and > isolinux.cfg (in /boot directory); > if you find isolinux.* in /boot directory, copy those files in root > directory, renaming those in syslinux.*: > # cd <usbdevice_partition_mountpoint> > # cp boot/isolinux.bin syslinux.bin > # cp boot/isolinux.cfg syslinux.cfg > > (you can modifiy syslinux.cfg to change default boot delay, background, > font or to add another distro) > > - umount usb device: > # cd > # umount <usbdevice_partition> > > - and make it bootable with syslinux: > # syslinux <usbdevice_partition, /dev/sda1 for example> > > Hope it helps you!
That is certainly simpler than the procedure I pointed out with the link, but doing this will not allow the OP to customize the distro with only the apps that he wants. However, if he can find a LiveCD that has everything he needs, and it fits on his USB stick, then I see no reason why something like this wouldn't work. Joe - -- Registerd Linux user #443289 at http://counter.li.org/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGFLOqiXBCVWpc5J4RAr9BAKCKDh/8zcKFFJPeqS5kQvbfrtj4iQCcCG6h SCJPV625oU2cN8LT2IWYFAU= =4pp9 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
