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[Thomas Orgis <thomas-forum AT orgis.org>]

Am Wed, 6 Feb 2008 19:45:38 -0800
schrieb Eric Sandall <eric AT sandall.us>: 

> Geoffroy:
> > # boot-from /dev/sda (I'm sure about the name of the usb device)
> >
> > # exit
> >
> > Attempting to boot from /dev/sda...

> > Unable to mount /dev/sda as iso9660, retrying with type auto

> I've never tried booting from a USB stick, but perhaps you need to set the 
> boot flag on the partition you're trying to boot from?

Hm... /dev/sda doesn't look like a partition to me... looks more like
the dammed whole device (i.e. superfloppy format) ;-)
I once booted from an USB stick... or twice.
What easily works is copying a floppy image straight to the thing and
boot it like a floppy - with the same mere 1.44M space.
Also had SLAX up a while ago... before I decided that it's easier to
get Linux onto my laptop via network boot;-)

But since you got the kernel up already, the hard part should be
over... so, do you have partitions on /dev/sda and may your root device
be actually /dev/sda1?


Alrighty then,

Thomas.

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