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Re: eCS install on flash drive

From	"Jan van Wijk" <jvw.no.spam@dfsee.com>
Newsgroups	comp.os.os2.setup.misc, comp.os.os2.programmer.misc, comp.os.os2.ecomstation
Subject	Re: eCS install on flash drive
Date	2011-07-01 12:08 +0000
Organization	Fsys Software
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On Wed, 15 Jun 2011 18:34:21 UTC, "Allan" <allan2@warpspeed.dyndns.dk> wrote:

> > Is it possible to install eCS on a USB flash drive?
>  
> The short answer is No.
>  
> 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.

Indeed, possible, but quite cumbersome and usually the end result
will only boot on a few systems ...

I had a stick that booted Warp3 on a Thinkpad T42 just fine
but did not work well on most other systems. Lots of info at:

	http://p2066.typo3server.info/wiki-usb-boot-en.html

Regards, JvW

-- 
Jan van Wijk; Author of DFSee: http://www.dfsee.com

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  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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