On Sat, 27 Dec 2003, Andrew Pritchard wrote: > I was given a rather funky Xmas present - a USB flashdrive/watch > (http://www.memixdirect.com) which says it's bootable. It also claims to be > Linux 2.4 compatible, though I've not yet tried connecting it to a Linux > box. > > The programs which come with the watch allow you to set the watch as > bootable, using a Micro$oft OS. I was wondering if it were possible to set > it up as a Linux bootable device. > > I'd also like to create a bootdisk, which has a Linux kernel on it as my NT > box at work won't talk to anything USB (gaahh we hateessss NT! *sorry - been > watching too much LotR*). Specifically so it can talk to the NTFS partition > on my machine at work. Alternatively I'll repartition the machine and create > a FAT partition so Linux can talk to that. The machine at work isn't new > enough to be able to boot from a USB device :( Although not a strict Debian solution, Knoppix is a debian-based bootable-CD that supports putting your home directory on a USB flash drive. Since you are unable to boot from USB directly, you'll need either a floppy or CD to access it. If you don't like some of the defaults of Knoppix (such as the KDE desktop by default), there are other 'live-CD' distros with different defaults. ~ Jesse Meyer -- icq: 34583382 | Nethack 3.4._3_ is out! http://www.nethack.org jabber: dasunt@theoretic.com | "And how can man die better / Than facing msn: dasunt@hotmail.com | fearful odds / For the ashes of his fathers / yim: tsunad | and the temples of his gods?" ~ Babington
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