Karsten Gebbert said : > grant centauri said : > > I can sure give it a try. I don't know much about grub and booting, but I'm > > assuming adding those lines to my grub.cfg and putting the /live folder > > where > > its supposed to be under root should allow it to find the kernel and boot. > > I > > can use a USB, but I was wondering if I created a hdd partition and labeled > > it > > live-rw if that would work for persistence as well. > > > > definitely, any ext2 partition with that label will do (others: ext3 > will work too, right?). > > > I would be interested in trying the CD+USB boot/install possibility, but I'm > > not sure how that would work either. Something with editing the boot > > commands > > to look for the kernel on the USB device somehow? > > > > oh, my bad, I think I misunderstood. I'm not sure how that scenario > would work. > > > I'll try some things in the next day or so and report back on whether > > anything > > works. Thanks for the advice. > > >
to add up on what dan and karsten already said... You can do any kind of combination of partitions, devices, media, etc ... It all depends on what your aim is, each method has pros and cons. If your aim is to have a full install on a specific partition and you cannot boot on USB and your CD is has issues, then booting on CD and taking over from USB is the best solution. a. > > > -grant > > > > On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 4:13 AM, Karsten Gebbert <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > grant centauri said : > > > hello, > > > > > > i've been having trouble with an old laptop and its CD drive. In > > order > > to even > > > get pure:dyne to boot I was forced to use a regular CD-R, and when > > trying > > to > > > install I get an I/O error. > > > > > > Instead of trying to burn another disc (I did successfully install on > > another > > > machine with it after all, plus I'm out of CD-Rs) I thought perhaps > > I'd > > try to > > > make a liveUSB and install from that. However, my machine is old > > enough > > that > > > it doesn't seem to want to boot from USB at all. So after a > > frustrating > > night, > > > I decided the easiest thing I could think of to get a puredyne > > realtime > > kernel > > > and start doing stuff was to grab the old leek and potato kernel on my > > already > > > running debian system and go from there. > > > > > > my goal was to get this laptop with a stable realtime setup so I can > > use > > it for > > > a performance next saturday. I could run just from the liveCD, but I > > don't > > > really want to chance something going wrong in the middle of a set. > > For > > now, > > > this solution seems okay, but I would like access to the newer > > software > > and > > > kernel. > > > > > > I guess I'm just bringing it up in case anyone had any solutions or > > work > > > arounds in case something like this happens to anyone else. > > > > > > I was thinking that perhaps I could make a partition on the drive to > > be a > > > liveHD install of C&C? It seemed like the make-live-device script > > wouldn't > > > work for that because of an issue where if I put /dev/sda3 it was > > trying > > to > > > create partitions /dev/sda31 and /dev/sda32. Perhaps there's a minor > > change to > > > the script that could be made to allow it to live on a partition of a > > drive? > > > Or perhaps there's another method to put the ISO somewhere and make it > > > bootable? It seemed like there was a way with leek&potato, but I > > wasn't > > sure > > > with C&C. > > > > > > Any ideas? > > > > > > > maybe you could mount the iso on a loop, and cp the /live folder to > > your root and boot everything using grub. I think there is an example > > for the config in the iso in the extra folder. then you could use a > > usb stick with a ext2 partition (and 'live-rw' label!) as your > > persistence medium. > > > > would that work/help? > > > > greetings, > > > > karsten > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) > > > > iEYEARECAAYFAktmqVEACgkQJYU9qnGdnMcwawCgoboSHdroyga8XKVqOGdGXPoP > > tYMAn2S5K+V6/pjsTdf78R1WcQloTljK > > =m8i5 > > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > --- > > [email protected] > > http://identi.ca/group/puredyne > > irc://irc.goto10.org/puredyne > > > > > > > --- > > [email protected] > > http://identi.ca/group/puredyne > > irc://irc.goto10.org/puredyne > > --- > [email protected] > http://identi.ca/group/puredyne > irc://irc.goto10.org/puredyne --- [email protected] http://identi.ca/group/puredyne irc://irc.goto10.org/puredyne
