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Re: eCS install on flash drive

Date	2011-06-29 19:29 +0100
From	Philippe <philippe.j@live.com>
Newsgroups	comp.os.os2.ecomstation, comp.os.os2.setup.misc, comp.os.os2.programmer.misc
Subject	Re: eCS install on flash drive
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James J. Weinkam wrote:
> Allan wrote:
> 
>> On Mon, 13 Jun 2011 18:59:05 UTC, Peter Flass<Peter_Flass@Yahoo.com>  
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Is it possible to install eCS on a USB flash drive?
>>
>>
>> The short answer is No.
>>
>> BootManager doesn't work on USB drive, and neither does LVM.
> 
> 
> I don't know about boot manager, but LVM most certainly does work on 
> flash drives. In a system with LVM, flash drives larger than 2GB cannot 
> be accessed until LVM information has been added specifying the drive 
> letter to be used and the drive has been ejected and re inserted.
> 
> I have never tried making a bootable flash drive so I can't comment on 
> that.
> 
>> Since you can't install eCS from a CD without using LVM, it will
>> never succeed.
>>
>> You can however copy an existing installation to USB drive, and then
>> remove LVM drivers, and use danidasd instead.
>>
>> It is not an easy task to setup, and may require other tricks too;
>> but I did have a partition bootable on a USB stick some time ago.
>>
>>
> 
I also was interested by having OS/2 bootable on a thumb key. Did not 
succeed.
However it may be worth having a look at: 
http://web.os2power.com/yuri/HowToEeePC900
and http://ecomstation.ru/usbboot

Ph.J

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eCS install on flash drive Peter Flass <Peter_Flass@Yahoo.com> - 2011-06-13 14:59 -0400
  Re: eCS install on flash drive "A.D. Fundum" <what.ever@neverm.ind> - 2011-06-14 18:07 +0200
  Re: eCS install on flash drive "Doug Bissett" <dougb007!SPAM@telus.net> - 2011-06-14 18:29 +0000
  Re: eCS install on flash drive "Allan" <allan2@warpspeed.dyndns.dk> - 2011-06-15 20:34 +0200
    Re: eCS install on flash drive Rich Wonneberger <Turtil@frontiernet.net> - 2011-06-15 22:15 -0400
      Re: eCS install on flash drive Dave Yeo <dave.r.yeo@gmail.com> - 2011-06-15 21:33 -0700
      Re: eCS install on flash drive "Allan" <allan2@warpspeed.dyndns.dk> - 2011-06-16 08:21 +0200
    Re: eCS install on flash drive "A.D. Fundum" <what.ever@neverm.ind> - 2011-06-16 14:17 +0200
    Re: eCS install on flash drive "James J. Weinkam" <jjw@cs.sfu.ca> - 2011-06-16 11:51 -0700
      Re: eCS install on flash drive Philippe <philippe.j@live.com> - 2011-06-29 19:29 +0100
        Re: eCS install on flash drive Jonathan de Boyne Pollard <J.deBoynePollard-newsgroups@NTLWorld.COM> - 2011-07-04 18:11 +0100
          Re: eCS install on flash drive Philippe <philippe.j@live.com> - 2011-07-05 15:37 +0100
    Re: eCS install on flash drive "Jan van Wijk" <jvw.no.spam@dfsee.com> - 2011-07-01 12:08 +0000
      Re: eCS install on flash drive Peter Flass <Peter_Flass@Yahoo.com> - 2011-07-01 09:53 -0400

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