writing from a successful boot of the i386 DVD iso copied to a FAT32
partition on a USB stick. First step in trying to make a Mactel/Wintel
universal boot stick. No problems so far, here's the grub entry i used to
make it work:
#!/bin/sh
exec tail -n +3 $0
menuentry "Puredyne" {
recordfail=1
if [ -n ${have_grubenv} ]; then save_env recordfail; fi
set quiet=1
set root=(hd0,1)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 7812-52F7
linux /live/vmlinuz ramdisk_size=1000000 boot=live persistent
username=lintian hostname=puredyne
initrd /live/initrd.img
}
one would have to set the UUID to their own disk obviously.
if you want to try a manual install, here's what i did:
use gparted to create a FAT32 partition, 1.21 Gb. enable boot flag and label
it PUREDYNE. make the rest of the stick into an ext2 partition labeled
live-rw.
mount -o loop puredyne-xxx.iso /mnt/iso
cd /mnt/iso
cp -r * /media/PUREDYNE
grub-install --no-floppy --root-directory=/media/PUREDYNE /dev/sdb (whatever
device your own usb is)
then i put that custom grub entry in my /etc/grub.d directory and ran:
grub-mkconfig -o /media/PUREDYNE/boot/grub/grub.cfg
there may be an easier way, but this works. I believe the system partition
has to be vfat for Macs to recognize it. Now to test EFI and booting on a
mac. Hopefully this info is helpful to those wanting to test liveUSB.
Any tips on making these steps more robust? I just figured its the bare
minimum of what is happening with any of the liveUSB creators out there.
On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 10:32 AM, '2+ <electriclighthe...@gmail.com> wrote:
> hi!
>
> >>
> >> file not found .. need to load the kernel first
> >
> > this is an issue with the make-live-device.sh
> >
> > https://bugs.launchpad.net/puredyne-live/+bug/783021
> >
> > good luck.
>
> this one did it
> now i can test some more
> thanx a million!!
>
> --
> SaRiGaMa's Oil Vending Orchestra
> is podcasting:
> http://sarigama.namaste.jp/podcast/rss.xml
> ---
> Puredyne@goto10.org
> http://identi.ca/group/puredyne
> irc://irc.goto10.org/puredyne
>
---
Puredyne@goto10.org
http://identi.ca/group/puredyne
irc://irc.goto10.org/puredyne
