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

[Nitesh Mistry]

On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 01:52:11PM +0530, Jkhatri wrote:
> On Friday 17 September 2010 01:20 PM, Nitesh Mistry wrote:
>> On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 10:08:24AM +0530, Jkhatri 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 ????
>>>      
>> You are mixing up two different things here, or may be I have
>> misunderstood your query -
>>
>> Are you trying to *install* linux on the usb stick or creating a *Live
>> USB Stick*
>>    
> I'm trying to install  KNOPPIX on usb stick

So this is what I visualise you doing:
= Boot the computer with Knoppix cd
= Attach the USB stick
= Click/Select Install
= Click Next, Next, Next until you reach Disk Partitioning stage
= Here, select the USB disk as target

and the only option you see on the list of filesystem formats is vfat?

Sounds really strange to me!


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Regards,
Nitesh Mistry
www.mistrynitesh.com


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