Re: [Clonezilla-live] booting USB drive

[Les M. <les...@gm...>]

Steven Shiau wrote:
> Another approach is to use the testing/unstable clonezilla live:
> http://clonezilla.sourceforge.net/download/nchc/testing/
> http://clonezilla.sourceforge.net/download/nchc/experimental/
> 1.0.9-18 or 20080306b-hardy.
> And run makeboot.bat in windows to make your usb flash drive bootable.
> Those releases contains the latest syslinux (3.62) and it supports
> kernel in the subdirectory.
> 
> WARNING!: ***DO NOT RUN*** makeboot.bat from your local hard drive! It
> should only be run from your USB flash drive. Executing it incorrectly
> could cause your MS windows not to boot!!!
> 
> If you want to use syslinux on linux to make your usb flash drive
> bootable, remember to use syslinux 3.35 or later.


Thanks - I'll try it with one of the new versions, but I was hoping
someone could explain the difference between booting from a small flash
device and a larger external drive.   You can get external 2.5" form USB
drives up to 320 gb now that run from USB power, so it might be handy to
know how to boot anything from them.

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  Les Mikesell
   les...@gm...