Hi Esther,
THanks for the reference, but there is part of the problem, I'm trying
to setup a Linux box and actually for some reason I'm having a hell of a time
making it happen under Fusion. So, the idea was to setup a bootable flash disk
I could use on my old Mini. I'd be curious if anyone has gotten Debian setup
under Fusion. I can't seem to get sound happening or so I have to assume since
all boots, but no words of joy issue forth.
tnx,
On Jan 11, 2010, at 12:51 PM, Esther wrote:
> Hi Scott,
>
> I think if I were trying to set up a bootable Linux distribution on a USB
> flash drive I would do this on a Linux machine. However, for your
> entertainment, you might want to read Ted Landau's old MacFixIt column (from
> April 2008) titled, "Create a Leopard Startup Flash Drive":
>
> http://www.macfixit.com/article.php?story=20080422095414936
>
> Note that I haven't tried this myself, and have no idea whether it's doable
> for Snow Leopard.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Esther
>
>
> On Jan 11, 2010, at 06:57, Scott Howell wrote:
>
>> Hi Sandi,
>>
>> Thanks for the clarification. If I unmount the drive, it no longer can
>> be referenced by the device node in /dev, which is interesting. It is as
>> though once unmounted, the OS forgets about it, but I suspect it has
>> something to do with the disk subsystem and how it handles devices. Well
>> I'll keep digging because the info is out there somewhere . :)
>>
>> THanks,
>> On Jan 4, 2001, at 3:18 PM, sandi sørensen wrote:
>>
>>> first of all, have never used fdisk under osx so i can be very wrong.
>>> but when i have done it on linux i usually unmount the drive i wanna fdisk
>>> and then takes contact with it from the dev folder. Therefore i said as i
>>> did.
>>> try eventually before you mess with it too see how huge it is with fdisk.
>>> /sandi
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Jan 11, 2010, at 7:29 AM, Scott Howell wrote:
>>>
>>>> Sandi,
>>>>
>>>> Sorry, I'm not clear on what you are saying here. The device, /dev/disk1
>>>> does exist, but unlike a "normal" or static /dev file system, I assume
>>>> that perhaps this works more like the DevFS found in some LInux distros? I
>>>> have to admit that I am not that familiar with the newer file systems,
>>>> which is my fault for letting my knowledge get rusty.
>>>> Can you please clarify what you mean?
>>>>
>>>> THanks,
>>>> On Jan 4, 2001, at 1:41 PM, sandi sørensen wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> try getting a hold of it from /dev/
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Jan 11, 2010, at 6:17 AM, Scott Howell wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> James, I perhaps should be more clear.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The issue is I cannot find a way to address the device. To explain
>>>>>> further, the flash drive when mounted, shows up as /dev/disk1s1.
>>>>>> However, to properly address the device with fdisk, the device must be
>>>>>> umounted, but when attempting to address the device by
>>>>>> fdisk /dev/disk1 I receive a "file not found" error. So, my assumption
>>>>>> is that the disk subsystem handles unmounted devices differently than I
>>>>>> gather most OpenBSD systems perhaps. I of course do not know for sure
>>>>>> and any thoughts you have would be appreciated. The man page did not
>>>>>> provide any information on how to address the problem.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> THanks,
>>>>>> On Jan 11, 2010, at 6:24 AM, James & Nash wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi Scott,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> You wrote:
>>>>>>>> Have any of you used fdisk from the Terminal in order to set
>>>>>>>> the boot flag on a file system, which is contained on a USB flash
>>>>>>>> drive/Thumb drive? I want to creat a bootable usb stick that I can
>>>>>>>> load a small Linux distro on.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I haven't, but I will look into it for you if you like. In theory,
>>>>>>> there should be no problem using fdisk as the Terminal is pretty
>>>>>>> accessible with Voice Over.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> TC
>>>>>>> James
>>>>>>> On 11 Jan 2010, at 02:01, Scott Howell wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Folks,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Have any of you used fdisk from the Terminal in order to set
>>>>>>>> the boot flag on a file system, which is contained on a USB flash
>>>>>>>> drive/Thumb drive? I want to creat a bootable usb stick that I can
>>>>>>>> load a small Linux distro on.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> tnx,--
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