On Thu, 2009-01-22 at 17:20 -0500, Ben Scott wrote: > On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 3:41 PM, Jerry Feldman <g...@blu.org> wrote: > >> Can the proprietary driver packages be copied to a separate USB > >> flash drive, and then installed into the in-RAM "live" system? > >> > > The simple answer is yes. What you would need to do is to is to open up the > > iso, copy in the appropriate drivers or packages, then make a new iso ... > > No way to just put the needed packages on separate media, and then > have the regular disc load them? > > I'm thinking the ideal scenario would be: > > 1. Obtain the standard Ubuntu/Fedora/whatever "live disc" (download > and burn, free sample, whatever) > 2. Download any additional driver package(s) you need > 3. Copy the driver package(s) to a separate USB flash drive > 4. Stick flash drive in PC, then boot from CD > 5. CD detects additional stuff on the flash drive, and offers to use it > > Slightly less ideal, but still very good, would be step 5 requiring > the operator to manually point the system at the flash drive, either > at the boot prompt, and/or in the GUI. > > For example, I know with Red Hat's standard installer, you can feed > it a driver diskette (or USB flash, etc.), which will add to the > "stock" capabilities without needing to rebuild the whole kit. (I > dunno if that works with their "live" system, though.)
So far as I know, no, it doesn't work with the live system. However, the live images also have the ability to overlay additional space on a writable media (i.e. a usb flash stick) as writable, and you can update and/or install any additional rpms/files/etc. The only limitation is that you can't install a new kernel and expect to be able to boot it. But 3rd-party drivers and/or firmware, definitely. So yeah, you could, for example, have a usb stick that you've added nvidia binary video drivers and broadcom 802.11n wifi to. --jarod _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/