Glenn Ramsey wrote:

Hi,

I have sucessfully installed XUbuntu Dapper onto an external USB disk drive. I would like to be able to run it using this drive but the PC I have does not have the option of booting from USB.

I understand that one solution to this is to create (or obtain) a custom boot floppy or CD, but I am wondering if it is possible to do it just with the live/install CD by passing the right parameters at the boot prompt.

I tried pressing F6 and changing the root=/dev/ram to root=/dev/sda1 and removing all the other stuff but that didn't work. It boots but still runs from the CD.

If that approach is not possible then is there a small (we're still in the DSL dark here) prebuilt iso that can be used to do this? I notice that there is a mini.iso in the distribution which I understand has something to do with network booting. Since that isn't too far removed from what I wan't to do then would it possible to use that?

I have done some web searching for this but could only find the instructions for making a custom boot floppy or CD.

Glenn

I did this using these instructions: <http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-19428.html> It's not the solution I was hoping for but was fairly painless. It worked by just following the instructions, with no additional thinking required ;-). Glenn -- Glenn Ramsey <glenn(a)componic.co.nz> 07 8627077 http://www.componic.co.nz