[ltp] Anyone successfully booted from a USB key (T41)

[Joel Ebel]

Most keys are already partitioned with one partition as sda1.  I'm just 
using the FAT16 format and umsdos for running linux off of it.  Check 
out RUNT if you're curious.

Joel

Rob Browning wrote:
> Joel Ebel <jbebel@ncsu.edu> writes:
> 
> 
>>All my development for RUNT Linux is done on a T40 with an IBM USB 2.0
>>memory key.  So I feel certain the T41 is no different, since it uses
>>the same BIOS.  I was very happy to see with the latest BIOS update
>>that it would remember the boot order of USB devices.  I'd been
>>wanting that since I got the laptop.  In any case, it should
>>definitely work.  Try the latest BIOS if you haven't already, and look
>>at the boot order.  It should list the USB device, if it is present,
>>as a USB hard drive.  I make mine bootable with lilo, but there are
>>many ways to make them bootable.
> 
> 
> Thanks for the info.  Are you partitioning the key or just using it
> "raw" (i.e. just using /dev/sda)?
>