[Techtalk] Re: mounting usb

[Rudy L. Zijlstra]

iriXx wrote:

> hmm yes now theres a question - is it possible to boot linux off usb ? 
> then i'd be able to run 2x 20Gb OS'es... paradise!
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I am not aware of BIOSes that support booting from USB. You would need 
that to directly boot from USB.
So a different approach might be usefull ;-)

I see 3 possibiities:
-1-
Use pm to create a small linux partition for boot purposes.
use a kernel together with a ramdisk (initrd) and initialize the kernel 
from ramdisk.
You need full USB initialisation before you can go for USB. Then remap 
you root to /dev/sd? and there you go.
-2-
Create a bootable CDROM (as above) that supports you USB disk. This way 
no modification to the installed bork system is needed.
-3-
Try loadlin. I have doubts about the combination of XP and loadlin 
though....

Cheers,

Rudy