Re: Boot from USB flash?
Mike ZB <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.linux.distributions.gobo.general |
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| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
>>> I unpack the ISO, copy isolinux.cfg to syslinux.cfg if needed, and >>> apply syslinux - what else would I need to change? (or where can I >>> find info?) >> >> Assuming your USB device is detected as /dev/sdb and that you have >> the ISO at the current directory, you just need to run: >> ... > $ dd if=GoboLinux-015_beta2-i686.iso of=/dev/sdb bs=1M > (If only BIOS makers respected standards, instead of constantly playing pranks) My test box is particular about partitioning of USB drives - I don't dare "dd" and destroy the carefully crafted MBR. Should I wait for a more sophisticated initrd? -- Mike Z B