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["Andraž 'ruskie' Levstik" <ruskie AT codemages.net>]

On 23:30:29 2008-04-10 Geoffroy GIRAUX <geogiraux AT yahoo.fr> wrote:
> Since I have no CD reader on my test box, I have to go through a hard
> process to make it boot on my usb key : sorry for not testing the new
> ISO.
> 

Erm... this is dead easy to do:
If your USB drive is sda
cfdisk /dev/sda - create one primary bootable partition
mkfs.ext2 /dev/sda1
mount /dev/sda1
cast syslinux
mount the iso image -o loop
copy contents to the mounted /dev/sda1
rename syslinux.* files on /dev/sda1 to extlinux
cat /usr/lib/syslinux/mbr.bin > /dev/sda
run extlinux --install /mounted/sda/boot(or whatever the dir of the
extlinux.* files is)
umount
boot from usb drive
done :)

Note that this can also be used to use extlinux as one's bootloader on a
normal hdd(infact I use this for my sm install on the eeepc)

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