On Sun, 2009-05-31 at 11:03 -0700, Karl Cunningham wrote: > Phil Mullane wrote: > > I've never been able to run linux from a USB. I have no trouble > > downloading a distro to a USB. I can open the USB and see that it is > > there. When booting I can get the computer to load from the USB. But > > nothing happens - absolutely nothing. Is this something that could be done > > at an installfest? > > I've done this, following a howto on the Internet, but it was a while > ago. I remember creating two partitions on the USB drive. The first was > a small boot partition containing grub and a kernel. The second > contained the meat of the distribution, much how a regular installation > is set up. > > You might try this tutorial. It looks like something similar to what I used. > http://lifehacker.com/245087/how-to-install-ubuntu-linux-on-a-flash-drive > > Karl >
While we're on the subject, could someone remind us all what the coolness of this is? IOW what is it good for? -- Lan Barnes SCM Analyst Linux Guy Tcl/Tk Enthusiast -- KPLUG-Newbie@kernel-panic.org http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-newbie
