On Friday 17 September 2010 01:20 PM, Nitesh Mistry wrote:
On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 10:08:24AM +0530, Jkhatri wrote:
Dear all,
Anyone can light on this,
I'm installing Linux on my usb 16GB stick , but I'm wondering why only
vfat partition is needed to install the Linux on usb stick , why we
can't use extX type of FS to install the Linux???? is it necessary to
have vfat partition to install Linux instead of its native FS... ? is
there any solution for this ?
I came to know that , SYSLINUX uses vfat .... thats why it is required
... but the same thing never happened in case of HDD ... I never
formated my hdd with vft to install Linux, it boots from extX type of
partition ... then why we need to format usb stick with vfat ????
You are mixing up two different things here, or may be I have
misunderstood your query -
Are you trying to *install* linux on the usb stick or creating a *Live
USB Stick*
I'm trying to install KNOPPIX on usb stick
You will need syslinux only if you are trying the latter. In case of
your external HDD, you would have *installed* linux on it, and hence
wouldn't have faced this problem.
I frequently use my Elive LiveUSB key, which has grub installed for
booting. And it is on a ext2 filesystem.
HTH
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