[Voyage-linux] USB Install

[Frank Parker]

Good thought on the SD card.  I should receive the Foxconn box
tomorrow and I will search the BIOS for SD card booting.  This seems
unlikely.

On your USB install, are you able to add packages and make config file
changes (such as /etc/hosts) and maintain those changes across
reboots?  I had some success installing the Live CD version of Voyage
to a USB drive but the Live CD version doesn't allow changes without
some serious hacking.

I think I need to install the standard version to USB somehow.  I'm
still not entirely sure how to get persistent changes now that /ro is
gone.


On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 4:53 PM, Joshua Anhalt <anhalt at andrew.cmu.edu> wrote:
> There's also an SD card slot in this box.  As long as the Foxconn box boots
> from this, the install should be the same as a CF card.
> Or you can netboot the system.
> I've run voyage (0.5.2 I believe) completely from a USB stick.  I don't
> recall which method I used to create that USB stick.  I didn't have to
> recompile a kernel as explained in the Danny W. Adair article.  You can
> try the second wiki article.
> If you don't need much storage space on your USB stick, I believe you can
> cheat, and just dd the live cd onto the usb stick. This has worked for me
> with all recent computers.  (It will wipe out the stick, and you'll be stuck
> with a fairly small partition.  I've manually created a second partition on
> this type of install, just make sure to not overwrite the live cd
> partition.)
> Joshua
> On Feb 18, 2010, at 10:10 AM, Frank Parker wrote:
>
> I should have been more clear.  I want to operate this device with NO
> hard drive or CF card.  Is this possible?
>
>
>
> On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 7:55 AM, Mike Steinmann
> <mike.steinmann at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> you could add a SATA 2.5 HDD:
>
> http://www.foxconnchannel.com/Product/Barebones/NT330i/index.html
>
> and you can use a CF with some SATA2CF adaptor like this:
>
> http://www.addonics.com/products/flash_memory_reader/adsacf.asp
>
>
>
> 2010/2/18 Frank Parker <mr.frank.parker at gmail.com>
>
> I read this excellent wiki article.
>
> Voyage Linux on USB flash drive
>
> Author: Danny W. Adair danny at adair.net
>
> Last Change: 21 May 2006
>
> Do we have more recent instructions for this?  Will this procedure
>
> work with Voyage 0.5.x or 0.6.x?
>
> Also, can I install and run voyage-current completely from USB?  I
>
> will be installing on this device.
>
>
> <http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16856119016&nm_mc=TEMC-RMA-Approvel&cm_mmc=TEMC-RMA-Approvel-_-Content-_-text-_->
>
> It has Intel ATOM 330 (Dual Core 1.6GHz) CPU with up to 4GB RAM but no
>
> hard drive or CF card.
>
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