Re: Boot from USB
On Sat, May 17, 2008 at 08:37:54AM +0530, Deepak Barua wrote:
> Hi Everybody,
> I quite new at this and wanted to make a USB bootable
> distro using knoppix's excellent hardware detection features and
> scripts .
>
> I have hardcoded the USB drive which i'll be using in the USB
> pendrives MBR in this attached script S00knoppix-autoconfig in which i
> have added a mount command in line 1104 ...
This will not work, since knoppix.autoconfig is lcated inside the
compressed filesystem, which is of course located on the pendrive, which
must be mounted before the file can be accessed.
> Is this the proper way to go about making a USB bootable knoppix or is
> there a better way ..?
There is a script called "mkbootdev" on Knppix starting from 5.1.1 that
copies the CD or DVD content to a pendrive and makes it bootable.
Everything else is already prepared, just in Knoppix 5.3, the delay loop
for waiting for the drive to register may be too short. So, if you get a
"knoppix filesystem not found" error, please check linuxrc or init on
the initial ramdisk (minirt.gz).
Regards
-Klaus Knopper
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