-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Joep L. Blom wrote: > Giovanni Franza wrote: > >> Some years ago, I did a similar thing. >> I formatted a usb pen and then copied all on it. >> Only things to have are usb modules and scsi modules into boot/modules >> (referenced in /boot/etc/modules) and, then the correct disk name >> (mailny sda0) into syslinux.cfg. The thing was soo simple that i cannot >> prepared noting (but there are a little howto in italian at >> http://leaf.mgeng.com/leaf-on-a-key/LEAF-on-a-key.html - it is in >> italian bit it contains module list that can be useful - warning: this >> is for an older bering, but I hope it can of help) >> >> HTH >> >> Giovanni >> > Giovanni, thanks for the reply. It's nice somebody already did it. In > reflection, I think also that unetbootin is an overkill as Leaf installs > itself already. > However, with an old motherboard (as I have) I have to take refuge to > the trick using a floppy with initrd, ldlinux.sys and linux and use that > as a bootstrap to load the rest of the packages from an USB stick (until > my floppydrive crashes!). So you only need to load corect modules at the boot as for booting from usb but you only have to put on the floppy syslinux, initrd and a little more: allt the remaining on the usb device.
> In my case protection (about which Gordon wrote) is not a problem as I > unmount the usb-stick after the installation: just let it in place. If somebody can login into the system he can moount the usb, better to usa an usb with lock-switch (as, for example, a SD cerd into an usb adaptor > After e.g. a power-out the system starts again as it is a memory only > system and the floppy (also unmounted after system start) starts as soon > as the power is back. > Joep > Regards Giovanni > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-25, 2009, San Francisco, CA > -OSBC tackles the biggest issue in open source: Open Sourcing the Enterprise > -Strategies to boost innovation and cut costs with open source participation > -Receive a $600 discount off the registration fee with the source code: SFAD > http://p.sf.net/sfu/XcvMzF8H > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > leaf-user mailing list: leaf-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user > Support Request -- http://leaf-project.org/ > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFJpAn64yUxzYWi6QcRAuNhAJ9UFKftdqZRyDcT4zhxYjuzSLp6tACfcNye 0oofcCFEkl+6C56PrCmMflM= =eCY1 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-25, 2009, San Francisco, CA -OSBC tackles the biggest issue in open source: Open Sourcing the Enterprise -Strategies to boost innovation and cut costs with open source participation -Receive a $600 discount off the registration fee with the source code: SFAD http://p.sf.net/sfu/XcvMzF8H ------------------------------------------------------------------------ leaf-user mailing list: leaf-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user Support Request -- http://leaf-project.org/
