[email protected] wrote: > Is it possible to build Linux from Scratch on a USB Flash Drive. I > did build it there but am having a time getting Grub to recognize it. > Yes I built LFS-6.5 on my desktop and transfered it to a USB drive with rsync Building directly on the usb drive is slow and not necessary. Don't do the rsync while booted into LFS. You need the USB stuff built into the kernel as well as the filesystem ( I used ext2) and necessary hardware drivers, not as modules.
The sequence should go something like the following: partition and format the usb drive mount the the drive mount /dev/sdXn <mount point> rsync -var /mnt/lfs/ <mount point/> install grub to the usb drive MBR Then setup /boot The following is from my bootable usb thumb drive (mount at /media/LFS): /boot should look like this ~$ ls /media/LFS/boot/ System.map-2.6.30.2 config-2.6.30.2-2010-02-28 lfskernel-2.6.30.2 config-2.6.30.2-2010-02-26 grub/ ~$ ls /media/LFS/boot/grub default ffs_stage1_5 minix_stage1_5 ufs2_stage1_5 device.map iso9660_stage1_5 reiserfs_stage1_5 vstafs_stage1_5 e2fs_stage1_5 jfs_stage1_5 stage1 xfs_stage1_5 fat_stage1_5 menu.lst stage2 /boot/grub/menu.lst should be like this # Begin /boot/grub/menu.lst # By default boot the first menu entry. default 0 # Allow 30 seconds before booting the default. timeout 30 # Use prettier colors. color green/black light-green/black # The first entry is for LFS. title LFS 6.5 root (hd0,0) kernel /boot/lfskernel-2.6.30.2 ro rootdelay=10 -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
