What size USB disk is boot rescue disk?

Lufbery · 11-28-2007, 08:47 AM

Hi all,

I'll be installing Slackware 12 on my IBM laptop with its brand new hard drive this weekend. What size USB stick do I need to create the USB bootdisk?

Would a 128 MB disk be enough?

Thanks,

-Drew

Alien_Hominid · 11-28-2007, 08:50 AM

If it (bootdisk image) fits on floppy, 128 MB USB should be more than enough.

onebuck · 11-28-2007, 01:38 PM

Hi,

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alien_Hominid

If it (bootdisk image) fits on floppy, 128 MB USB should be more than enough.

The 2.6 kernel will not fit on a 1.44MB floppy;

Quote:

excerpt from README_USB.TXT
Installing Slackware using a bootable USB stick
===============================================

**WARNING:**
The procedure outlined below will destroy all data that is currently
stored on the USB stick you use to create a USB Slackware installer.

Introduction
------------

With the release of Slackware 12.0, the era of floppy-boot has come
to a definite end. The reason is simple - the Linux 2.6 kernel will not
fit on a single floppy, even in it's most condensed configuration.
In this README, I will show you how to use a bootable USB stick to
install Slackware. This method - creating the USB equivalent of a
boot/root floppy pair - is easy to use and fast. It requires that your
computer is able to boot from USB-HDD.
.
.
.

onebuck · 11-28-2007, 01:43 PM

Hi,

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lufbery

Hi all,

I'll be installing Slackware 12 on my IBM laptop with its brand new hard drive this weekend. What size USB stick do I need to create the USB bootdisk?

Would a 128 MB disk be enough?

Thanks,

-Drew

You can use a small flash drive (64MB) if you can still find them.

You can always use the Slackware 12 install cd1 to recover in an emergency.

README_USB.TXT has some good information.

Lufbery · 11-30-2007, 03:19 PM

Thanks guys.

Bruce Hill · 12-01-2007, 10:03 PM

Here's the size of the USB boot image, mates:

Code:

mingdao@james:~/sas/screenshots/current$ ls -lh /server2/ftp/pub/Linux/Slackware/slackware-12.0/usb-and-pxe-installers/usbboot.img
-rw-r--r-- 1 mingdao users 24M 2007-07-01 08:56 /server2/ftp/pub/Linux/Slackware/slackware-12.0/usb-and-pxe-installers/usbboot.img

No need for you to guess anymore.

AceofSpades19 · 12-01-2007, 10:14 PM

would it be possible to parition a usb stick, so that the boot disk installs to one parition and you can use the rest for data in large usb sticks?

Bruce Hill · 12-01-2007, 10:19 PM

No. Read ./slackware-12.0/usb-and-pxe-installers/README_USB.TXT

Lufbery · 12-02-2007, 06:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bruce Hill

Here's the size of the USB boot image, mates:

Code:

mingdao@james:~/sas/screenshots/current$ ls -lh /server2/ftp/pub/Linux/Slackware/slackware-12.0/usb-and-pxe-installers/usbboot.img
-rw-r--r-- 1 mingdao users 24M 2007-07-01 08:56 /server2/ftp/pub/Linux/Slackware/slackware-12.0/usb-and-pxe-installers/usbboot.img

No need for you to guess anymore.

Perfect. Thanks!

Alien Bob · 12-02-2007, 09:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AceofSpades19

would it be possible to parition a usb stick, so that the boot disk installs to one parition and you can use the rest for data in large usb sticks?

If you're willing to learn a little, I have written scripts that do just that: take a Slackware 12.0 package tree, and create an ISO image that you can copy to a USB stick;
See http://www.slackware.com/~alien/tools/usbinstall/12.0/
If the README is not enough to get you going, let me know. I have a USB stick with a complete Slackware 12.0 installer in my pocket all the time - no more need for a DVD.

Eric

AceofSpades19 · 12-02-2007, 01:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alien Bob

If you're willing to learn a little, I have written scripts that do just that: take a Slackware 12.0 package tree, and create an ISO image that you can copy to a USB stick;
See http://www.slackware.com/~alien/tools/usbinstall/12.0/
If the README is not enough to get you going, let me know. I have a USB stick with a complete Slackware 12.0 installer in my pocket all the time - no more need for a DVD.

Eric

Sweet!. I'll gives this a try, thanks

Bruce Hill · 12-02-2007, 02:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alien Bob

If you're willing to learn a little, I have written scripts that do just that: take a Slackware 12.0 package tree, and create an ISO image that you can copy to a USB stick;
See http://www.slackware.com/~alien/tools/usbinstall/12.0/
If the README is not enough to get you going, let me know. I have a USB stick with a complete Slackware 12.0 installer in my pocket all the time - no more need for a DVD.

Eric

I stand corrected ...