Re: [SLUG] Linux - Mass Storage

From: Russell Hires (rhires@earthlink.net)
Date: Tue Mar 12 2002 - 21:38:03 EST


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is it possible to even boot from a usb drive? Is the interface fast enough?

Russell

On Tuesday 12 March 2002 15:39 pm, you wrote:
> You would want the modules added into your initrd file in the /boot
> directory. Do a "man mkinitrd" to see the manual on how to add modules.
> Basically you would add the desired modules into /etc/modules.conf and
> rebuild initrd-2.4.9-31.img with a different name (just in case it hosed
> something) then add the new initrd entry into a brand new entry in your
> /etc/lilo.conf or /etc/grub.conf. Reboot and use lsmod to see if the
> modules were loaded.
>
> Brett
>
> >>> sam.maniotes@us.pwcglobal.com 03/12/02 12:33PM >>>
>
> I was wondering if anyone would know of a way to boot Redhat Linux 7.2
> from a USB disk drive off of a floppy drive.
>
> The problem I'm having is the USB drivers aren't loaded until after the
> bootstrap.
>
> Would anyone know the steps and files needed to create a boot image to
> place
> on a floppy drive for me to use?
>
> - Sam Maniotes
>
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