How about using UnionFS
(http://www.filesystems.org/project-unionfs.html) for this purpose? This
would allow for a RO root system with some directories in a ramdisk, as
well as a /home directory on the USB drive. Check out Slax, Morphix or
even Knoppix (I believe) for an example of this. This w
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On Mon, Sep 17, 2007 at 11:37:43AM -0500, Jon Elson wrote:
> I've been waiting for these to become reasonable for years, I'm
> still waiting. But, they are getting closer. The wearout
> cycles on flash memory is improving, too, and there are some
Mark Pictor wrote:
> If ubuntu thinks it's still on a live-cd, it won't write to the
> device at all. It should be possible to copy the cd's contents
> almost verbatim onto a flash device. You would need to set up the
> bootloader (grub), but other than that I think it would just work.
Most likely
Rafael Skodlar wrote:
> Jon Elson wrote:
>
>>AKSYS Tech Pty Ltd wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Hi Guys
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Thanks very much for all the info.
>>>
>>>I must confess that this is my first time playing with Linux so it is
>>>all a bit new to me.
>>>
>>>I am trying to make a solid “Industrial” control
If ubuntu thinks it's still on a live-cd, it won't write to the
device at all. It should be possible to copy the cd's contents
almost verbatim onto a flash device. You would need to set up the
bootloader (grub), but other than that I think it would just work.
(I recommend a compactflash-to-ide ad
Jon Elson wrote:
> AKSYS Tech Pty Ltd wrote:
>
>> Hi Guys
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks very much for all the info.
>>
>> I must confess that this is my first time playing with Linux so it is
>> all a bit new to me.
>>
>> I am trying to make a solid “Industrial” controller, because as a day
>> job I re
Here is a link to install PC-Linux mini to a USB key, you may be able to
pick
up some tips there. Maybe just substitute the ubuntu disk for the
PC-Linux disk
and follow the directions.
Bill
http://www.pendrivelinux.com/2007/02/26/put-pclinuxos-on-a-flash-drive-via-linux/
> Alex Joni wrote:
>
> Yup, here's the key item:
> 18. Reboot your computer and set your system BIOS to boot
> from USB-HDD or USB-ZIP. Also set the boot priority if necessary.
>
> None of the computers I have have such an option, although all
> of them have on-mobo USB. Maybe the very latest ones that have
> nothin
AKSYS Tech Pty Ltd wrote:
> Hi Guys
>
>
>
> Thanks very much for all the info.
>
> I must confess that this is my first time playing with Linux so it is
> all a bit new to me.
>
> I am trying to make a solid “Industrial” controller, because as a day
> job I retrofit and repair CNC machine t
Alex Joni wrote:
> http://www.pendrivelinux.com/2007/02/12/usb-ubuntu-tutorial-for-linux-users/
>
> this should work from the emc2 Live CD too.
Yup, here's the key item:
18. Reboot your computer and set your system BIOS to boot
from USB-HDD or USB-ZIP. Also set the boot priority if necessary.
Hi Guys
Thanks very much for all the info.
I must confess that this is my first time playing with Linux so it is
all a bit new to me.
I am trying to make a solid "Industrial" controller, because as a day
job I retrofit and repair CNC machine tools. And as a result of this I
see many hard drive f
eptember 16, 2007 11:29 PM
Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Install to a USB Key
> Hi Andrew,
>
> AKSYS Tech Pty Ltd wrote:
>>
>> Hi
>>
>> I am trying to install EMC using the Ubuntu live cd. I am trying to
>> install to a USB key as my hard drive, as I am wanting to ha
Hi Andrew,
AKSYS Tech Pty Ltd wrote:
>
> Hi
>
> I am trying to install EMC using the Ubuntu live cd. I am trying to
> install to a USB key as my hard drive, as I am wanting to have a solid
> state hard drive. This key is a 8Gig stick. I get about 98% through
> the install but as soon as it s
Hi Andrew
I've run EMC2 from a USB stick but it was using one of the smaller
distros that had a USB install as an option. It seemed to run fine but
all of it was pulled into RAM and run from there.
I also have a stock Ubuntu 6.06 install to a CF chip on one of those IDE
disk adapters. I ran
AKSYS Tech Pty Ltd wrote:
> Hi
>
> I am trying to install EMC using the Ubuntu live cd. I am trying to
> install to a USB key as my hard drive, as I am wanting to have a solid
> state hard drive. This key is a 8Gig stick. I get about 98% through
> the install but as soon as it starts to inst
Hi
I am trying to install EMC using the Ubuntu live cd. I am trying to
install to a USB key as my hard drive, as I am wanting to have a solid
state hard drive. This key is a 8Gig stick. I get about 98% through
the install but as soon as it starts to install the Grub bootloader, the
install fails
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