Joseph H. Rosevear <joe@airlink.hopto.org> wrote:
> I wonder, though, if the limits that you mention are low enough that
> one would actually notice?

It's been a wjhile since I checked, but of the order 100,000
to 1,000,000; manufacturer website often say how many. In
general you wouldn't notice, but using it as swap is asking
for trouble ...


#Paul

On 2006-07-26, Joseph H. Rosevear posted:
> drive as if it were a different process. I was just explaining that it
> was essentially the same (for USB flash drives and for USB hard drives)
> as installing to the usual hard drive. Just do it in the normal way,
> but skip the steps that install the kernal and make boot disks. And,
> yes, probably best to put the swap somewhere else or use no swap at all
> in the case of flash drives. Then boot with a custom (2-stage, grub)
> boot disk that has the kernel on it.

What about a system that's capable of booting off USB drives? Would the
stock lilo work?

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On Wed, 02 Aug 2006 11:54:26 +0000, Ciro The Spider-Man wrote:

> On 2006-07-26, Joseph H. Rosevear posted:
>> drive as if it were a different process. I was just explaining that it
>> was essentially the same (for USB flash drives and for USB hard drives)
>> as installing to the usual hard drive. Just do it in the normal way,
>> but skip the steps that install the kernal and make boot disks. And,
>> yes, probably best to put the swap somewhere else or use no swap at all
>> in the case of flash drives. Then boot with a custom (2-stage, grub)
>> boot disk that has the kernel on it.
>
> What about a system that's capable of booting off USB drives? Would the
> stock lilo work?
>
Probably. I tested with grub, but lilo should work too. Remember, if you
are using a stock kernel you will need an initrd with the necessary USB
modules. The linked post below details what is necessary to boot.

I also tested booting Slackware (proper), when installed on a USB stick
and posted the method here:
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.o...5fd1173b080c3a

and I corrected and expanded on a few things here:
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.o...0ebe8bbc58ad3b

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