Bug#472055: Status of partusb package

[Harald Dunkel <harald.dunkel@t-online.de>]

Nelson A. de Oliveira wrote:
> Hi Harald!
>
> partusb seems to be a very interesting package. What is the status of
> it, please?
>
There are 2 scripts:

partusb creates a partition table, calling install-mbr
and sfdisk with the right parameters. It also runs mkfs
to make sure that the partitions are labeled, and triggers
the kernel to make the new labels available in
/dev/disk/by-label.

instusb can call partusb. It can install Debian, Ubuntu or
FreeDOS (in parallel) on the USB stick, using default
settings. This is a "real" install, i.e. there is no
embedded iso image as for other "linux-on-an-usb-stick"
howtos. Boot loader is grub. It can also provide a chroot
session, e.g. to install/remove packages using aptitude or
synaptic. There is no dosemu support for a vfat partition
(yet?).

partusb has been reworked last weekend to support up to 4
partitions (no extended partitions). instusb has to be
adjusted accordingly. And the man pages need to be updated.


Regards

Harri