[ubuntu-in] Ubuntu/Knoppix on ext2/ext3 FS on usb stick

[Narendra Diwate]

Frankly have WANTED to install grub for a long time since i keep
experimenting with various distros. Have never got  around to doing it
though i am a linux noob in that aspect. Have always got thru with
netbootin.

As you are thinking of installing Ubuntu, why dont you format to extx
and try startupdisk creator to test it out. I am sure knoppix will
have something similar in it.

On 9/17/10, Jkhatri <khatri.jatin at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Friday 17 September 2010 11:34 AM, Narendra Diwate wrote:
>> On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 10:08 AM, Jkhatri <khatri.jatin at gmail.com
>> <mailto:khatri.jatin at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>>     Dear all,
>>
>>     Anyone can light on this,
>>
>>     I'm installing Linux on my usb 16GB stick , but I'm wondering why
>>     only vfat partition is needed to install the Linux on usb stick ,
>>     why we can't use extX type of FS to install the Linux????  is it
>>     necessary to have vfat partition to install Linux instead of its
>>     native FS... ? is there any solution for this ?
>>
>>     I came to know that , SYSLINUX uses vfat .... thats why it is
>>     required ... but the same thing never happened in case of HDD ...
>>     I never formated my hdd with vft to install Linux, it boots from
>>     extX type of partition ... then why we need to format usb stick
>>     with vfat ????
>>
>>
>> Grub does not need FAT, so using grub should solve this. Just tried
>> Unetbootin Tinycore to a Ext2 formated USB. Failed to boot. Didn't
>> investigate.
>>
>> HDD doesn't use syslinux, it uses grub, grub2 or lilo in most cases.
>>
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Narendra Diwate
>>
>>
> how to use grub/grub2  boot KNOPPIX from usb stick ??? any idea
>
> any link ?
>
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Narendra Diwate