Re: chain loading USB harddrive if no native USB support possible?

[Gregg Levine]

On Fri, Apr 4, 2008 at 5:46 PM, Michael Reichenbach
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> > Answer what question?
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> This here...
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> Gregg Levine wrote:
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> > > > > I haven't tested, but if you label the USB device with a unique
> name,
> > > > > then a script like this should work:
> > > > >  search -f MyUsbLabel
> > > > >  linux      /boot/vmlinuz root=LABEL=MyUsbLabel ro
> > > > >  initrd     /boot/initrd.img
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> > > > This means it`s only possible to boot linux that way? Chan loading
> > > > another bootloader directly isn`t possible?
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> > > I don't know. Maybe someone else can answer this question.
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> > But as for booting from a USB device, got me. That one works from a
> > floppy if native boot support doesn't exist.
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> I don`t see what runt has to do with it. It`s basically a slackware based
> distro for usb pendrives.
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> My question here was how to (generic) boot an usb device if the bios does
> not support booting from usb. :)
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Hello!
And that's what RUNT Linux does. It can be installed on any device
that's not normally thought of as being bootable from USB. Such as a
moderately sized HD stuck into a holder, and booted that way.

Did you visit his pages to see how he accomplished it?
-- 
Gregg C Levine address@hidden
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