bootable usb

Hi All,

How could i create a bootable usb drive for the Linux.?
Will the solution be equally effective on the Solaris 10 platform.?

Thanks.
Manish.

On Mon, 25 Sep 2006 04:56:01 -0700, manish wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> How could i create a bootable usb drive for the Linux.?
> Will the solution be equally effective on the Solaris 10 platform.?
>
> Thanks.
> Manish.

bootable usb drives are more of a Computer BIOS thing
than anything else. Your BIOS has to try and boot from
USB. Most old BIOSes don't... doubt that the SUN box
will do this... if your BIOS will boot off of USB, then
you format it as ext2 / ext3 and configure it like a normal
linux drive... just hope your BIOS tries to boot it.

jack

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see http://www.jacksnodgrass.com for my contact info.

jack - Grapevine/Richardson

On 2006-09-25, manish <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> How could i create a bootable usb drive for the Linux.?
> Will the solution be equally effective on the Solaris 10 platform.?

On x86 type hardware all you need is s system BIOS that will recognize
the device as bootable, and a boot loader/filesystem on the device to
load.

Not sure about sparc, though.

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-John ((E-Mail Removed))

Thanks John and Jack for ur replies.

Although i am able to create the bootable USB using the feather linux..

the procedure i used is specified at the following location...

http://www.apcstart.com/usb/featherlinux/

But, One more problem that i am facing is that i am not having mouse
device installed in my system and whenever i logon using Xterm i am
unable to make any move without mouse. I used all possible combinations
on the keyboard...
and if i directly boot to the console then the font size is too
small/fuzzy instead of selecting the 800*600 resolution. How could we
change the resolution from the command line..... ??

On Wed, 27 Sep 2006 05:21:04 -0700, manish wrote:

> Thanks John and Jack for ur replies.
>
> Although i am able to create the bootable USB using the feather linux..
>
> the procedure i used is specified at the following location...
>
> http://www.apcstart.com/usb/featherlinux/
>
> But, One more problem that i am facing is that i am not having mouse
> device installed in my system and whenever i logon using Xterm i am
> unable to make any move without mouse. I used all possible combinations
> on the keyboard...
> and if i directly boot to the console then the font size is too
> small/fuzzy instead of selecting the 800*600 resolution. How could we
> change the resolution from the command line..... ??

with no mouse... are you sure you want to boot up a graphical
interface and not just boot up a text mode shell? Change the
/etc/inittab file... change the 5 to a 3 on the default line.

jack

--
D.A.M. - Mothers Against Dyslexia

see http://www.jacksnodgrass.com for my contact info.

jack - Grapevine/Richardson

Thanks to all ..

I got it..
i am now able to do it with what jack suggested ...
also i get the prompt if i boot with the failsafe option.

thanks
manish.