On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 02:46:43AM +0100, s. keeling wrote: > I can recommend unetbootin (google). I needed to get a few things > (all available in etch) for it to install correctly, but I've since > burned Zenwalk to a usb key and it boots into the installer. I'm > getting ZW live iso now to see if it goes further (a running desktop). > > unetbootin supplies a .deb, which once installed burns a url or an > on-disk iso to the key then makes it bootable. Pretty slick, and real > simple to use. >
I suppose that there's also just the installer hd-media USB stick method with the netinst.iso (or cd1.iso) on it as well. Actually, as the ultimate take-it-with-you backup, I keep with me a USB stick setup for installing Etch, with the netinst.iso, and the most important of our data (encrypted). Lets me do a bare-metal recovery to most i386 boxes with internet availability. Doug. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
