On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 01:39:07PM +0530, Ramnarayan.K wrote: > On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 1:20 PM, Nitesh Mistry <mail...@mistrynitesh.net> > wrote: > > 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* > > > > > 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. > > good point, a live USB key would have to have its boot up stuff on it > and not on the computer > > whereas adding an external device to the existing boot sequence is > very different - i tried it a few times and have failed :-(
Though I have not tried any HDD yet, my wild guess is that the system would not have recognised the external device. How did you reference the external device in the menu.lst file? > > I frequently use my Elive LiveUSB key, which has grub installed for > > booting. And it is on a ext2 filesystem. > > can it be any other filesystem , why only ext2 > > any link to a how to to this elive, or is it the USB startup disk creator Well, it was the *USB Startup Disk Creator* program that resided on the LiveCD itself. And honestly, I never bothered to see if there were any options apart from ext2 (I don't have a spare system to boot in and check right now) Here [0] is the howto on creating LiveUSB and it mentions only ext2 or fat32, so you have the answer. [0] http://www.elivecd.org/Help/Howto/boot-elive-from-usb -- Regards, Nitesh Mistry www.mistrynitesh.com -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.12 GB/J/IT/O>TW d+(-) s+:+>: a- C+ UL>+++ P L++>+++ !E W++ N* o? K? w--- O? M-- V? PS+() PE(++)(-) Y+ PGP+ t 5? X R tv+ b+ DI D G e+++>++++ h-- !r y? ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------
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