How to run the Alternate CD from USB-Stick?

[Karl Larsen]

Hadmut Danisch wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 23, 2008 at 09:09:39AM -0600, Karl Larsen wrote:
>
>   
>>     I see no reason why the Alternate CD could not be put on a USB 
>> stick. There might be a problem getting it to boot, but once booted it 
>> should be fine. You only need a 1GB devise :-)
>>
>>     
>
>
> It works, it boots, and I even have a 2GB device. 
> It asks for keyboard detection and so on, everything is fine, 
> but then, as part of the installation procedure, it insists on 
> finding the CDROM drive, which is obviously not present. 
>
> It is not a problem of booting. 
>
> It is just the problem that the installation procedure does not 
> deal with the case that the repository is not on a CDROM.
>
> regards
>
>   
    OK. It looks like the stuff needs to be re-written so it looks for 
no source of the next files. I guess the LiveCD which has the regular 
old stuff I am using has no such problem. Could you load that and then 
delete the desktop stuff?

Karl



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