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Re: eCS install on flash drive

From	"James J. Weinkam" <jjw@cs.sfu.ca>
Newsgroups	comp.os.os2.ecomstation, comp.os.os2.setup.misc, comp.os.os2.programmer.misc
Subject	Re: eCS install on flash drive
Date	2011-06-16 11:51 -0700
Organization	Aioe.org NNTP Server
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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.
>
>

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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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