Hi Robert and Frankie, I would like to understand is it possible to install grub on usb? i would like to do rescue disk,
and what are the steps you have done in-order to install grub in the usb, What grub version did you used? any code change in this version ? i am working on suse 10.3 and fedora 7 linux dist thanks Tsah On Feb 17, 2008 3:31 PM, Robert Millan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Feb 15, 2008 at 11:32:49PM +0100, Christian Franke wrote: > > > > > >I don't think it is really practical to support USB drives in > > >grub-mkrescue. > > >You'd have to require root permissions, which IMO beats the point of > having > > >a separate script from grub-install in first place. > > > > It may be useful to create small rescue images which can be later put on > > USB key with dd. > > (BTW: The "floppy" image actually boots from USB at least on one of my > > PC. It appears as hd0). > > Yes, but how different would those be from floppy output? As you point > out, > floppy images work as well. > > Besides, dd'ing a grub image to that stick would render the rest of the > device > useless for filesystem data. > > > The patch also adds a --joliet option, useful to access the long file > > names on Windows (which has no RR support). > > Is there any drawback in using --joliet ? If not, I think it's better to > do > it by default to avoid "option creep". > > -- > Robert Millan > > <GPLv2> I know my rights; I want my phone call! > <DRM> What use is a phone call… if you are unable to speak? > (as seen on /.) > > > _______________________________________________ > Grub-devel mailing list > Grub-devel@gnu.org > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel > -- Tsah Marco Cel - 972-54-5414357 Home - 972-774240642 Fax - 972-77-4240642
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