SDL on usb stick

[Kevin Cozens]

Jose wrote:
> I have a 1GB usb stick, I tried loading it with DamnSmallLinux 3.3 on 
> it, but after running syslinux ver 32 and 30 and creating a 250 
> partition just allow some extra room, and left the rest unpartition, I 
> am unable to make to run
[snip]
> Has anybody tried this before, thanks in advance for any comments

I have done this. I found most of the information I had found on the net 
didn't seem to work very well (if at all). The information I found usually 
involved the use of syslinux. I finally came up with my own set of steps that 
seem to work reliably.

The following notes are what I typed up for myself a while back about how I 
make a USB key bootable.


Making a USB key bootable

The information below provides an overview of the steps you need to follow in 
order to create a bootable ext2 based file system partition on a USB key.

The information below is based on the assumptions that your USB key is 
/dev/sda and that it can be mounted to /media/usbdisk.

Run 'fdisk /dev/sda' and create at least one partition and mark it as 
bootable. The following steps will assume the bootable partition is the first 
one (ie. /dev/sda1).

Now that you have a bootable partition, run the following commands:

mke2fs /dev/sda1
mount /dev/sda1 /media/usbdisk
grub-install --no-floppy --root-directory=/media/usbdisk /dev/sda
cd /media/usbdisk/boot/grub
rm fat_stage1_5 ffs_stage_1_5 iso9660_stage_1_5 jfs_stage_1_5 minix_stage_1_5
rm reiserfs_stage_1_5 ufs2_stage_1_5 vstatfs_stage_1_5 xfs_stage_1_5
cd -

At this point, the only remaining stage1_5 file in /media/usbdisk/boot/grub 
should be the one named 'e2fs_stage1_5'.

The remaining information is for use when remastering a CD-ROM image for use 
on a USB key.

Delete (or don't copy) the stage1, stage2, and *stage1_5 files from the 
/boot/grub directory of the ISO being remastered for a USB key prior to 
copying the ISO files over to the USB key.

In the grub directory, create a symlink called menu.1st which points to 
grub.conf. Add bootusb1 or bootusb2 to the kernel command line of the 
grub.conf file in /boot/grub.


P.S. Thanks for asking about this. I meant to add this information as a page 
on my web site.

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