Hi, I re-downloaded the USB stick img. The size was the same. I also summed (after unzipping) both the new and old download an they are the same. I figured that I'd put the CD contents on a stick if I can. Are there any specific differences between CD and Stick that I should look at?
Thanks, Glenn Eric Spakman wrote: >Hi Glenn, > > > >>Hi, >> >> >>I'm building a couple firewalls mainly for VPN use. >>*My* current Bering uClibc version is 2.2.x (I think) vintage. SO I'm a >>little rusty:;-) >> >> >> >:-) > > > >>I noitced that there is an image for creating USB stick based systems. >>When I tried the procedure from my SUSE 9.0 system it didn't work for >>me. DD completed fine but the target system reported a corrupt boot >>sector. So I created a bootable USB stick using an older procedure using >>a HP formating utility and some DOS system files I had saved under my old >>leaf directories. Sure enough the system booted fine to DOS from the >>stick. So I tried the new DD image again and this time I received a >>message saying there was no operating system files. >> >> > >There is some background information about USB booting available at the >following link: http://leaf.sourceforge.net/doc/bk02ch12.html > > > >>I seem to remember >>using syslinux to do all this before. I also, seem to remember copying >>files from a CD to the stick. Can this method still be used? If so, are >>there still directions, lying about, on how to do it? >> >> > >This method can still be used, I don't have the directions right now. > > > >>Also, there are so >>many options for DD. Is it possible that I just need to add some >>additional options to the DD command? Like a block size for example. The >>write took quite some time to complete but DD reported no errors. Is there >>a checksum I can use to chck my download? >> >> >> >There is no checksum, but you can check the exact filesize of the >downloaded compressed image. It should be 23492093 bytes. > > > >>The stick I'm using is Memorex 128 USB2.0 stick. Like I said, it did >>boot to dos for me so I know the BIOS is configured correctly. >> >>Thanks, >>Glenn Thompson >> >> >> > >Eric > > > >>------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT >>Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share >>your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn >>cash >>http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> leaf-user mailing list: [email protected] >>https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user >>Support Request -- http://leaf-project.org/ >> >> >> >> > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT >Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your >opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash >http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV >------------------------------------------------------------------------ >leaf-user mailing list: [email protected] >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user >Support Request -- http://leaf-project.org/ > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV ------------------------------------------------------------------------ leaf-user mailing list: [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user Support Request -- http://leaf-project.org/
