Re: [Devil-linux-develop] usb boot

[Bruce S. <bw...@ar...>]

> >I ran the lilo command from the tmp/lilo* directory because
> >the Redhat lilo binary doesn't support the "-M" option.
> 
> crap, but we could remove it

Just for laughs, I installed GRUB on the MBR of the USB media.
Set it up with an nice boot menu for different frame buffer modes, 
gave it a graphical xpm wallpaper/background, and it boots great!  :-)

It was real easy, compared to LILO (and looks a lot nicer too).  
(did I mention LILO sucks? ;-)

Do you want me to install grub on DL, and write a install-on-usb 
script using GRUB with a boot menu and a horned-Tux background?

> >I got a few misc. errors, but nothing that sounded too serious.
> >It came up, I logged in, ran setup, ... everything seemed to work.
> >(except my NIC module (3c2000) doesn't exist in DL - not surprised)
> >
> >Anything specific you want me to try?
> 
> Do a save-config and reboot a few times.

OK, I can try that tomorrow (LUG tonight, out of time now).

> I had a corrupt file system, it couldn't load the modules....

I noticed you don't have the "ro" boot parameter in lilo.conf.
Could that be the cause of your problem?  
(I put "ro" in my grub.conf and it didn't _cause_ any problems)

Should the USB media be write protected during boot, or not?
Is it OK to change the write protect switch while it's running 
(for save-config)?

 - BS