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Hi Simon,
Now that is an interesting idea, DD quite possibly could work. I would
be curious how she pulled thi
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> Hi Scott,
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> You wrote:
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[mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of James & Nash
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Subject: Re: using fdisk
Hi Scott,
You wrote:
> Have any of you used fdisk from
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>> Bryan,
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>> According to
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> [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Scott Howell
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> Bryan,
>
> According to what I've read, it is pos
day, January 11, 2010 3:53 PM
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> Subject: Re: Bootable flash drives [was Re: using fdisk]
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> Bryan,
>
> According to what I've read, it is possible to make a bootable Linux
> disk
> for the Mac and even get it to load. Now t
cs.
Bryan
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On Behalf Of Scott Howell
Sent: Monday, January 11, 2010 3:53 PM
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Subject: Re: Bootable flash drives [was Re: using fdisk]
Bryan,
According
Hey Chris, I did not realize there was a VC already built. I appreciate that
info and will check it out. I very well might be able to get something up and
running rather quickly with this info.
On Jan 11, 2010, at 5:35 PM, Chris Blouch wrote:
> Have you considered trying one of the pre-made VMW
Have you considered trying one of the pre-made VMWare 'appliances' which
has things already set up? Here's a 115MB download for Debian 3.1
http://www.vmware.com/appliances/directory/13
which takes you to here:
http://www.thoughtpolice.co.uk/vmware/#debian3.1
with a bunch of other Debian varia
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> Sent: Monday, January 11, 2010 12:52 PM
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> Subject: Bootable flash drives [was Re: using fdisk]
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> Hi Scott,
>
> I think if I were trying to set up a bootable Linux distribution on a USB
>
Hi Esther,
THanks for the reference, but there is part of the problem, I'm trying
to setup a Linux box and actually for some reason I'm having a hell of a time
making it happen under Fusion. So, the idea was to setup a bootable flash disk
I could use on my old Mini. I'd be curious if
James, that makes sense and something occurred to me as I read your message.
It is quite possible I need to poke around in the fstab file since at least
back when I was running Debian and other distros prior to 2005, you setup a
fstab file in /etc where you would specify info about partitions e
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On Behalf Of Esther
Sent: Monday, January 11, 2010 12:52 PM
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Subject: Bootable flash drives [was Re: using fdisk]
Hi Scott,
I think if I were trying to set up a bootabl
Hi Scott,
I think if I were trying to set up a bootable Linux distribution on a
USB flash drive I would do this on a Linux machine. However, for your
entertainment, you might want to read Ted Landau's old MacFixIt column
(from April 2008) titled, "Create a Leopard Startup Flash Drive":
h
I could be very wrong here, but if I remember correctly, whenever a device is
mounted in Linux or Unix, at least part of the link is virtual i.e. the
directory for the disk does not actually exist except to be referenced by the
operating system. Therefore, when the disk is unmounted surely the s
Hi Sandi,
Thanks for the clarification. If I unmount the drive, it no longer can
be referenced by the device node in /dev, which is interesting. It is as
though once unmounted, the OS forgets about it, but I suspect it has something
to do with the disk subsystem and how it handles dev
first of all, have never used fdisk under osx so i can be very wrong.
but when i have done it on linux i usually unmount the drive i wanna
fdisk and then takes contact with it from the dev folder. Therefore i
said as i did.
try eventually before you mess with it too see how huge it is with
Sandi,
Sorry, I'm not clear on what you are saying here. The device, /dev/disk1 does
exist, but unlike a "normal" or static /dev file system, I assume that perhaps
this works more like the DevFS found in some LInux distros? I have to admit
that I am not that familiar with the newer file system
try getting a hold of it from /dev/
On Jan 11, 2010, at 6:17 AM, Scott Howell wrote:
James, I perhaps should be more clear.
The issue is I cannot find a way to address the device. To explain
further, the flash drive when mounted, shows up as /dev/disk1s1.
However, to properly address t
James, I perhaps should be more clear.
The issue is I cannot find a way to address the device. To explain further, the
flash drive when mounted, shows up as /dev/disk1s1. However, to properly
address the device with fdisk, the device must be umounted, but when attempting
to address the device
Hi Scott,
You wrote:
> Have any of you used fdisk from the Terminal in order to set the boot
> flag on a file system, which is contained on a USB flash drive/Thumb drive?
> I want to creat a bootable usb stick that I can load a small Linux distro on.
I haven't, but I will look into it fo
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