[olug] Bootable CD that allows Booting from a USD connected HD

[Daniel Linder]

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On Mon, December 5, 2005 06:53, Joe Gulizia wrote:

> Is there a way to create a bootable CD that will then

> recognize a hard drive connected to a USB port then

> have the USB drive boot or run as the primary OS?



That's my next step.  I had hoped to use the Ubuntu "Live"
CD and tell it "root=/dev/sda1" but it seems to die saying it
can't find /dev/sda1.  I might have to play with the initrd= string a
bit too.



I'll e-mail when I make progress...or finally give up and put the HDD
inside the laptop.  :)



Dan



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