James Courtier-Dutton
2003-Sep-29 10:56 UTC
[syslinux] Booting from a USB flash memory stick.
Hi, This might be a bit off topic, but I hope people can help anyway. I have a USB 256Mb Memory stick. I have created an ext2 partition on it, and have saved files to it. I have stored a kernel image on it, together with an /etc/lilo.conf file. When I run lilo, if writes lilo to the boot sector of the flash disk. When I try to boot into linux using the USB Memory stick, I get a single "L" displayed. So my question is: - Can I use LILO to boot from a USB memory stick, or will I have to use syslinux? If I can use LILO, can anyone point me to a reason why the current method is not working? Cheers James
> Can I use LILO to boot from a USB memory stick, or will I have to use > syslinux?Yes you can, I was heard that you must format your stick like a zip drive, I mean respecting the same geometry. -- Erwan Velu Linux Cluster Distribution Project Manager MandrakeSoft 43 rue d'aboukir 75002 Paris Phone Number : +33 (0) 1 40 41 17 94 Fax Number : +33 (0) 1 40 41 92 00 Web site : http://www.mandrakesoft.com OpenPGP key : http://www.mandrakesecure.net/cks/