Hot on the heels of the 014 LiveCD release, I'd like to announce the 014 LiveFlash release.
Ok not a full release but an alpha. First you need the ISO for the LiveCD. Then you need: http://www.calica.com/gobolinux/goboflash-0.1.zip You'll also need a 1GB or larger flash drive. Instructions: 1. mount ISO somewhere (mount -o loop GoboLinux-014-i686.iso /Mount/CD-ROM) 2. copy the contents of the ISO to your vfat formatted flash (cp -r /Mount/CD-ROM /Mount/Foo) 3. unzip the zip into the root of your flash (cd /Mount/Foo; unzip ~/goboflash-0.1.zip) 4. one of the files you just extracted is syslinux. Run this with your flash's vfat partition dev node (/Mount/Foo/syslinux/syslinux /dev/sdX1) 5. unmount you flash (umount /Mount/Foo) 6. boot in a machine that supports USB boot. 7. enjoy the speed!!!!!! Changes * syslinux binary and config * A new initrd * change mountGoboLinux to insmod nls_cp437.ko * change mountGoboLinux to insmod nls_iso8859-1.ko * change mountGoboLinux to attempt mounting vfat on sd*[1-9] Other thoughts * Only tested on my machines * Only tested on a factory formatted Corsair flash drive purchased in USA * people outside US may need different nls_* kernel modules, I don't know * There is a syslinux/syslinux.com binary for dos. No idea if it works under windows. syslinux can be built for win32 but needs MinGW. If someone could provide this, I'll include the binary. * Please test on as many configs as possible. Especially non US. * It is unbelievably fast. -- Carlo J. Calica _______________________________________________ gobolinux-devel mailing list gobolinux-devel@lists.gobolinux.org http://lists.gobolinux.org/mailman/listinfo/gobolinux-devel
