Is there a way to boot from a live cd but then run from usb hd - can't boot usb
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Is there a way to boot from a live cd but then run from usb hd - can't boot usb
Does anyone know how you can boot from live cd then continue running linux from a usb HD? My notebook can't boot usb but Freespire Live cd is a good fit since my internal HD died.
Distribution: Switched to regualr Ubuntu, because I don't like KDE4, at all. Looks like vista on crack.....
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You could install some sort of boot loader on a cd, then use that to boot off of your usb hard drive. Or you could update your bios so you can boot the usb drive. Here is a link for you...
Does anyone know how you can boot from live cd then continue running linux from a usb HD? My notebook can't boot usb but Freespire Live cd is a good fit since my internal HD died.
You could use the 'sbootmgr'. I know it is for Slackware but no reason that you couldn't use it to boot from another device for other distro(s). It is a floppy based boot. But you could create a iso as budword suggested.
You might want to try to chroot into the system on your USB drive. As long as you remain in your chroot environment, it will use your USB-based system.
Use 'su username' unless you want to do everything as root and read chroot documentation to get confortable with it.
I see that you're using Freespire and I don't know if it will fit your criteria, but this type of thing is built into Puppy Linux. It might be worth checking out because if you can run your system from the CD, then you save some space on the USB stick.
I read the OP as he wanted to boot from a CD and then run his system from a USB stick. That's fine and all, but not optimal. From the latest post it looks like it's doing whatever he was trying to, though.
I read the OP as he wanted to boot from a CD and then run his system from a USB stick. That's fine and all, but not optimal. From the latest post it looks like it's doing whatever he was trying to, though.
That's what I wanted to do as a temporary solution, but with a 160G usb portable hard drive I already have.
I see that you're using Freespire and I don't know if it will fit your criteria, but this type of thing is built into Puppy Linux. It might be worth checking out because if you can run your system from the CD, then you save some space on the USB stick.
what was not clear to me was ....is there a bios option to boot a cd in the bios boot order in lieu of using a floppy.
2) leaping ahead...if cd is already a viable bios boot order option....the OP just needs to remaster a live cd....to either have the usb drive in /etc/fstab or as SIMP suggests a chroot.
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