Re: linux on a usb stick (no hard disk, cdrom,floppy)
From: Peter T. Breuer (ptb_at_oboe.it.uc3m.es)
Date: 10/26/05
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Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2005 10:19:12 +0200
Luciano <nhbfluci@rrzn-user.uni-hannover.de> wrote:
> is it possible to boot and run linux directly from a usb stick
> on a machine with no hard disk , no cdrom , no floppy?
Anything is possible. Why wouldn't it be? The only thing you need is for
your bios to be capable of booting from a usb stick. Is it?
Well, if not, you can try booting from the net instead.
> If yes are already howtos available?
What would one need one for? All you have to do is put linux on a usb
stick (use a kernel with usb support, obviously), place a boot loader
on the usb device (arrr ... there's the rub. Does your boot loader
understand enough to handle it? I guess it would, as it would see
it as a block device and nothing more), and point your bios at it.
Peter
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