[YLUG] Boot on usb

[Chris Hardy]

the easier option (assuming your PC can boot from USB) is to use the 
guides at http://www.pendrivelinux.com/ - i've put Kubuntu onto a 4Gb 
memory stick and use that happily to rescue PCs - especially windoze :) )

HTH

Chris

Dr P Dupre wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I copy a local HD to an external USB drive. My idea was to be able to
> boot on the linux of the USB disk, but I was not able to make it work.
> I am runing lilo of the local drive, and I can boot the linux on the
> local HD but not on the usb.
> THis is my lilo.conf
>
> prompt
> timeout=100
> #default=2.6.14-1.1637_F
> default=linux
> boot=/dev/hda
> #boot=/dev/sda
> map=/boot/map
> install=/boot/boot.b
> message=/boot/message
> #linear #Option at the first setup
> lba32 #Replace linear
>
> image=/boot/vmlinuz
>         label=linux
>         read-only
>         initrd=/boot/initrd-2.6.16-2.img
>         append="root=LABEL=/"
>
> image=/mnt/external/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.16-2
>         label=USB-2.6.16-2
>     root=/dev/sda2
>         read-only
>         initrd=/mnt/external/boot/initrd-2.6.16-2.img
>         append="root=LABEL=/"
>
> I also modified the fstab to make a correct mounting of the partitions.
>
> It looks like that I cannot access to the usb drive with only lilo.
> Should I first download in ram a kernel with the usb modules to  then
> be able to access to the usb partitions ?
>
> Thank.
>
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