Hi, I'm working on the new Debian installer, and we were wondering whats the minimal (kernel) config we need to boot with USB.
In particular I was looking at the following issues:
usb-kbd.
If you've got a USB keyboard, do you need usb-kbd before you have any
functionality? I've a Dell dimension 4500, and it works with a USB kbd
without usb-kbd.o loaded, as the BIOS translates the USB stack. Is that
guaranteed to happen, or do we need to ensure usb-kbd.o is loaded for
the user to type anything?
Secondly, booting from a USB device.
Ok, so something (eg BIOS) loads kernel from USB device, and you start.
Do you then need usb-storage.o in order to reach the device (eg. a
CDROM, etc) to load what happens next?
(is it possible to boot from one of those cute USB memory sticks?)
I'd like to minimise whats needed, as running a large ramdisk to start
is not nice.
Regards,
Alastair McKinstry
(ps please Cc: me on the response, as I'm not normally subscribed to
this list).
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