I have copied Slax 6.0.3 to a 256 MB usb drive formatted with XFS and ran ./liloinstall.sh and it complains about some memory. Will your mkboot - generic bootloader installer help me boot slax from usb drive and how do I do it if it does?
I have all the files in usb drive XFS filesystem
root@slax:/mnt/sdb1/boot# fdisk -l
Disk /dev/sda: 40.0 GB, 40000000000 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4863 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 4862 39053983+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
Disk /dev/sdb: 256 MB, 256900608 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 31 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 * 1 31 248976 83 Linux
root@slax:/mnt/sdb1/boot#
I ran ./liloinstall.sh
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bypassed
Error 0xNo such image. [Tab] shows a list.
O - Timestamp mismatch
O - Descriptor checksum error
O - Keytable read/checksum error
Kernel and Initrd memory conflict
O - Signature not found
vga/mem= requires a numeric value
Map file write; BIOS error code = 0x
Map file: WRITE PROTECT
EBDA is big; kernel setup stack overlaps LILO second stage
WARNING: Booting in Virtual environment
Do you wish to continue? [y/n]
*Interrupted*
Unexpected EOF
Password: Sorry.
Valid vga values are ASK, NORMAL, EXTENDED or a decimal number.
Keyboard buffer is full. - Ignoring remaining items.
Block move error 0x
Initial ramdisk loads below 4Mb; kernel overwrite is possible.
O 22.7.1ÿauto BOOT_IMAGE ÊÙV
running
root@slax:/mnt/sdb1/boot# ./bootinst.sh
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
Welcome to Slax boot installer
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
This installer will setup disk /dev/sdb1 to boot only Slax.
Warning! Master boot record (MBR) of /dev/sdb will be overwritten.
If you use /dev/sdb to boot any existing operating system, it will not work
anymore. Only Slax will boot from this device. Be careful!
Press any key to continue, or Ctrl+C to abort...
*** removed extra space ***
Flushing filesystem buffers, this may take a while...
Setting up MBR on /dev/sdb...
The Master Boot Record of /dev/sdb has been updated.
Activating partition /dev/sdb1...
No partition table modifications are needed.
Updating MBR on /dev/sdb...
Setting up boot record for /dev/sdb1...
/dev/sdb1: this doesn't look like a valid FAT filesystem
root@slax:/mnt/sdb1/boot#
I will try another trick, maybe syslinux can help here.
