Re: bootable usb

2011-02-27 Thread Arne Babenhauserheide
On Sunday 27 February 2011 19:25:56 Samuel Thibault wrote: > Only in memory, no writeback is possible since grub doesn't live any > more once gnumach is booted. Damn, and I had hoped, I could at last use a real baremetal Hurd… Well, seems I’ll still have to wait for real USB-support… - Arne sig

Re: bootable usb

2011-02-27 Thread Samuel Thibault
Jakub Daniel, le Sun 27 Feb 2011 18:22:05 +, a écrit : > Can I read/write from/to the root filesystem when I start Hurd from a USB > stick? > > > I would expect it to be possible to modify rootfs but only in case that it > would be presented as ramfs which would not hold information o

Re: bootable usb

2011-02-27 Thread Samuel Thibault
Arne Babenhauserheide, le Sun 27 Feb 2011 19:12:57 +0100, a écrit : > On Sunday 27 February 2011 18:40:00 Samuel Thibault wrote: > > Err, I don't mean you can read/write a USB stick from GNU/Hurd, just > > that grub can boot whatever it likes from a USB stick, thus GNU/Hurd > > among others. Actual

Re: bootable usb

2011-02-27 Thread Jakub Daniel
> > Can I read/write from/to the root filesystem when I start Hurd from a USB > stick? > I would expect it to be possible to modify rootfs but only in case that it would be presented as ramfs which would not hold information on the stick (my uninformed point of view)

Re: bootable usb

2011-02-27 Thread Samuel Thibault
Oz, le Sun 27 Feb 2011 12:11:48 -0600, a écrit : > Samuel can you please send me the link to the Hurd mini I got mad and > deleted everything by accident. It's on the Debian web site... http://people.debian.org/~sthibault/hurd-i386/installer/cdimage/ Samuel

Re: bootable usb

2011-02-27 Thread Arne Babenhauserheide
On Sunday 27 February 2011 18:40:00 Samuel Thibault wrote: > Err, I don't mean you can read/write a USB stick from GNU/Hurd, just > that grub can boot whatever it likes from a USB stick, thus GNU/Hurd > among others. Actual filesystem access is another matter. Can I read/write from/to the root fil

Re: bootable usb

2011-02-27 Thread Oz
Samuel can you please send me the link to the Hurd mini I got mad and deleted everything by accident. On Sun, Feb 27, 2011 at 11:41 AM, Samuel Thibault wrote: > Jakub Daniel, le Sun 27 Feb 2011 17:33:04 +, a écrit : >>  I also presumed that it wouldnt be possible as gnumach/hurd would not be

Re: bootable usb

2011-02-27 Thread Samuel Thibault
Jakub Daniel, le Sun 27 Feb 2011 17:33:04 +, a écrit : >  I also presumed that it wouldnt be possible as gnumach/hurd would not be able > to access anything on the disk other than preloaded by grub which i supposed > was vital for running hurd based os. Yes, that's why in Debian we patched gnu

Re: bootable usb

2011-02-27 Thread Samuel Thibault
Arne Babenhauserheide, le Sun 27 Feb 2011 18:28:08 +0100, a écrit : > On Sunday 27 February 2011 14:45:27 Samuel Thibault wrote: > > > > dd < mini.iso > /dev/sda > > > > > > Does it boot from the USB key? > > > > It will, yes. > > > > > I thought the Hurd were still missing USB support? > > > > But

Re: bootable usb

2011-02-27 Thread Jakub Daniel
I also presumed that it wouldnt be possible as gnumach/hurd would not be able to access anything on the disk other than preloaded by grub which i supposed was vital for running hurd based os.

Re: bootable usb

2011-02-27 Thread Arne Babenhauserheide
On Sunday 27 February 2011 14:45:27 Samuel Thibault wrote: > > > dd < mini.iso > /dev/sda > > > > Does it boot from the USB key? > > It will, yes. > > > I thought the Hurd were still missing USB support? > > But grub isn't, and that's what matters here. Uh, argl, argl… ARGH! That means, I could h

Re: bootable usb

2011-02-27 Thread Samuel Thibault
Arne Babenhauserheide, le Sun 27 Feb 2011 14:36:54 +0100, a écrit : > On Saturday 26 February 2011 13:15:10 Samuel Thibault wrote: > > > i don't think copy and pasting the ISO in to the thumb drive (usb > > > stick) will work. > > > > dd < mini.iso > /dev/sda > > Does it boot from the USB key? I

Re: bootable usb

2011-02-27 Thread Arne Babenhauserheide
On Saturday 26 February 2011 13:15:10 Samuel Thibault wrote: > > i don't think copy and pasting the ISO in to the thumb drive (usb > > stick) will work. > > dd < mini.iso > /dev/sda Does it boot from the USB key? I thought the Hurd were still missing USB support? Best wishes, Arne signature.a

Re: bootable usb

2011-02-27 Thread Samuel Thibault
Jakub Daniel, le Sun 27 Feb 2011 09:41:58 +, a écrit : > try using: dd if=PATH_TO_ISO.iso of=/dev/sdb1 #as root not sdb1, sdb. (and using if=/of= is almost the same as using ) Samuel

Re: bootable usb

2011-02-27 Thread Jakub Daniel
try using: dd if=PATH_TO_ISO.iso of=/dev/sdb1 #as root

Re: bootable usb

2011-02-26 Thread Oz
root@icelogic-GA-870A-UD3:/home/icelogic# dd < /home/icelogic/Downloads/mini-20110221.iso > /dev/sdb 0+0 records in 0+0 records out 0 bytes (0 B) copied, 6.2624e-05 s, 0.0 kB/s lol now i get this and nothing copies :( On Sat, Feb 26, 2011 at 6:49 PM, Samuel Thibault wrote: > Oz, le Sat 26 Feb 20

Re: bootable usb

2011-02-26 Thread Samuel Thibault
Oz, le Sat 26 Feb 2011 18:38:39 -0600, a écrit : > icelogic@icelogic-GA-870A-UD3:~$ sudo dd < > /home/icelogic/Downloads/mini-20110221.iso > /dev/sdb > bash: /dev/sdb: Permission denied > > > > does anyone know how to fix this error? Become root. Samuel

bootable usb

2011-02-26 Thread Oz
icelogic@icelogic-GA-870A-UD3:~$ sudo dd < /home/icelogic/Downloads/mini-20110221.iso > /dev/sdb bash: /dev/sdb: Permission denied does anyone know how to fix this error? thanks in advance.

Re: bootable usb

2011-02-26 Thread Jérémie Koenig
On Sat, Feb 26, 2011 at 1:15 PM, Samuel Thibault wrote: > Oz, le Fri 25 Feb 2011 23:02:09 -0600, a écrit : >> Could you please tell me how to make a boot able usb image using your >> mini iso samuel. >> >> i don't think copy and pasting the ISO in to the thumb drive (usb >> stick) will work. > > d

Re: bootable usb

2011-02-26 Thread Samuel Thibault
Oz, le Fri 25 Feb 2011 23:02:09 -0600, a écrit : > Could you please tell me how to make a boot able usb image using your > mini iso samuel. > > i don't think copy and pasting the ISO in to the thumb drive (usb > stick) will work. dd < mini.iso > /dev/sda Of course that'll erase everything on the

bootable usb

2011-02-25 Thread Oz
Could you please tell me how to make a boot able usb image using your mini iso samuel. i don't think copy and pasting the ISO in to the thumb drive (usb stick) will work. On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 9:25 PM, Samuel Thibault wrote: > Oz, le Fri 25 Feb 2011 21:18:31 -0600, a écrit : >> do you know if