Installing to a USB Flash Drive

chenlei9907

            From DSL Wiki
this is from http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page
            
                                    
            Contents

1 From within Linux
2 From within Linux using GRUB as boot loader
3 From within Windows
4 Convert .iso to USB installation
5 Questions

[
edit
] From within Linux

• Download the dsl-embedded zipfile
  
• Create a FAT16 partition on the pendrive. Mount it.
  
• Unzip the dsl-embedded.zip file onto this.
  
• Unmount the pendrive
  
• run "syslinux -s /dev/sdX1"   (without the quotes) to make it bootable.
  
• You can now boot via QEMU (from within Linux or windows), OR as native from the USB drive.
  
• You can also run DSL from a GRUB bootloader menu on your USB
  key. This is very useful if you're using DSL as part of a data/system
  rescue toolkit, as you can include multiple preset configurations of
  DSL as well as other utilities.
  

Note: syslinux needs the package "mcopy" included in the package "mtools".
Note: Unfortunately, this method does NOT give a 50MB Linux Distribution because qemu dir and method is (comparatively) big.
You will end up with a 110MB distribution.
Note: The iocharset=utf8 option when mounting the USB stick may result in the "KNOPPIX/KNOPPIX" not being found upon booting.
[
edit
] From within Linux using GRUB as boot loader  

• Download the current.iso dsl-cd image.
  
• Create an ext2 partition (=> 51MB) on pendrive. Mount it.
  
• Change to the directory where you mounted the ext2 partition, install GRUB boot loader:
  

   grub-install --no-floppy --root-directory=. /dev/  
Note: Replace  with the corresponding file which represents your USB storage device.

• Copy the contents of the cd image to the usb drive.
  
• While in the same directory - where you mounted the ext2
  filesystem - create a menu.lst file for grub in the directory
  ./boot/grub/menu.lst
  

  cat > ./boot/grub/menu.lst
Note: You might have to change (hd0,0) to the correct partition for
your USB drive. However, the default should work on most systems.

• Unmount the filesystem
  
• You can now boot from your USB storage device.  
  

Note: This part may require experts attention and/or a separate page.
[
edit
] From within Windows
Note: This guide assumes that your USB Flash Drive is "I:". Please replace I with the correct drive letter.

• Format your drive (FORMAT I: /fs:FAT32)
  
• Download
  Syslinux
  - Syslinux can also be used by various other platforms, such as Unix.
  
• Go to a command prompt and run syslinux for your drive (SYSLINUX I:)
  
• Download DSL (dsl-embedded.zip), [
  [1]
  ]
  
• Copy DSL to your USB drive & reboot. (Unzip DSL and copy all files)
  

Note: Booting from USB may or may not work on your computer, mostly dependent on its age and bios setup.
Note: Some systems seem to have problems booting from USB drives formatted as FAT32, changing the format step to FORMAT I: /fs:FAT may allow DSL to boot
[
edit
] Convert .iso to USB installation
With the guide from
[2]
you can install the .iso contents non-destructiveley onto a USB
partition. Leave out all the partitioning or formating stuff to prepare
an existing and used USB drive for DSL booting:

• Mount USB drive, with e.g. mount /dev/sda1 /flash - can be either FAT16 or FAT32!
  
• Mount ISO image, with e.g. mount /tmp/dsl-3.2.iso /tmp/iso -o loop
  
• Copy all contents from ISO to USB drive: cp -vr /tmp/iso/* /flash/
  
• Rename and move syslinux files to root directory: mv /flash/boot/isolinux/* /flash/
  
• Rename isolinux.cfg: mv /flash/isolinux.cfg /flash/syslinux.cfg
  
• Unmount USB drive: umount /flash
  
• Install syslinux: syslinux /dev/sda1 and eventually set the MBR boot flag for this partition (with fdisk).
  

Note: All path names are examples! Please adapt or you may corrupt existing partitions or files.
[
edit
] Questions

• Why does the from-within-Linux method require FAT16, but the
  Windows method work with FAT32? Could I just leave and reuse an
  existing FAT32 USB partition using the Linux syslinux version?
  

* ... probably doesn't
Retrieved from "
http://damnsmalllinux.org/wiki/index.php/Installing_to_a_USB_Flash_Drive
"
            
Categories
:
Installing DSL
            
            
          
       
      
      
       
          Views
          

Article
Discussion
Edit this page
History

       
       
          Personal tools
          
            

89.86.195.66
Talk for this IP
Create an account or log in

          
       
       
          
       
       
               
          Navigation
          
            

Main Page
Community portal
Current events
Recent changes
Random page
Help
Donations

          
       
               
          Search
          
            
             
               
            
          
       
       
          Toolbox
          
            

What links here
Related changes
Upload file
Special pages
Printable version

          
       
             
      
      
   
file:///wiki/skins/common/images/poweredby_mediawiki_88x31.png
                 This page was last modified 3 February 2007 22:54.This page has been accessed 45,173 times.
About DSL Wiki
Disclaimers

      
               
               
               

本文来自ChinaUnix博客，如果查看原文请点：http://blog.chinaunix.net/u/904/showart_242826.html