Help installing Arch BAse to bootable USB flash

neok · 2004-07-05 08:32:17

Hi,

I have installed a slimmed ArchLinux base to a USB mass storage gadget (ballpoint pen with 256 Mb) and manged to boot into it by using a simple initial ram-disc to setup the USB drivers and then pivot_root/chroot into the Arch root partition.

This has given me a partially functional Arch base system with an ADSL connection and pacman working, but also with limitations some of whom are as follows:

* The /dev directory does not have the initctrl pipe and the usual links to devices (hda1, hda2 or sda1, sda2 etc), only the directories with the device nodes (discs/disc0/part1 etc).
* User interrupt (CTRL-C) doesn't work.
* CTRL-F2 etc don't open new consoles.
* Reboot and I think halt also don't work since init cannot run.
* The /etc/rc.sysinit and rc.mutli scripts seems to run successfully.

Since in my fumbling ways I got thus far, I thought I should ask for help hoping to end up with a normally functioning install so I can operate successfully from my Ballpoint ArchLinux!

My thanks in advance!

noprob · 2004-07-07 19:31:09

if I'm not mistaken the AMLUG Live CD 0.4.2 has this option concerning usb booting.
I believe it is referred to as a thumb hard drive or something similar. :?:

neok · 2004-07-08 03:16:32

noprob wrote:

if I'm not mistaken the AMLUG Live CD 0.4.2 has this option concerning usb booting.
I believe it is referred to as a thumb hard drive or something similar. :?:

Thanks, I will have a look at this today.

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#1 2004-07-05 08:32:17

Help installing Arch BAse to bootable USB flash

#2 2004-07-07 19:31:09

Re: Help installing Arch BAse to bootable USB flash

#3 2004-07-08 03:16:32

Re: Help installing Arch BAse to bootable USB flash

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