Boot Knoppix 3.6 from USB key - How To (Success!)

**larrycow** · 11-11-2004, 11:31 PM

hi !
I tried to make an usb hdd running under knoppix 3.6.

just becasue it's larger

In fact this is an hdd ide plugged in a external usb box.
With flonix it perfectly worked !
But with knoppix....

Something is missing !

Is there any bootable floppy disk for this ? (just like it was for flonix) ?
How to make it ?
bye ! gona sleeeeeep

[sorry for my english : this is not my first language

)

**larrycow** · 11-12-2004, 12:22 PM

Yes,
now i am sure! The only thing i need is a bootable floppy to run the usb drive.
But i didn't find anywhere any details or howto

An idea ?
have a nice day

**larrycow** · 11-13-2004, 07:00 PM

OK !
Everything 's all right

i found floppies there :
http://www.knoppix.net/forum/viewtop...r=asc&start=10

exactly, here are the download links :
http://www.angelfire.com/ultra/eco2g...6-floppy-1.img
http://www.angelfire.com/ultra/eco2g...6-floppy-2.img

i really enjoy !
gonna try to put then in a one

bye

**piper** · 11-13-2004, 09:41 PM

Hi,

I managed to get it on USB key and boot, but during USB probing. i got this error

"Can't find KNOPPIX filesystem, sorry
Dropping you to a (very little) shell
Press reset button to quit."

Any pointer?

Thanks again

**larrycow** · 11-13-2004, 10:46 PM

hello Piper,
I got exactely the same, before i try to boot with the two boot floppies
If you have made the syslinux on your key, and added the famous line in the linuxrc, you may try to boot from the two floppies : may be you 'll have any answer.

good luck

larry

**piper** · 11-14-2004, 02:48 AM

i think to get it to detect sda1 we need to force USB probing for storage before anything else and mount it as /cdrom, i'm gonna try it and see if it works

**piper** · 11-15-2004, 10:05 PM

Finally, i've got kernel 2.4 to work, still working on 2.6

**NamShub** · 01-31-2005, 05:20 AM

I followed pbs's instructions, I see the main KNOPPIX boot screen (the one where we enter cheatcodes) but it is stuck there. I can not input anything; F2 and F3 doesn't work.

I started with knoppix 3.7

Any clues?

**alexus** · 02-21-2005, 01:35 AM

is it possible to do this whole preparation without burning CD?

**Q-killer** · 02-25-2005, 07:23 AM

I followed pbs's commands as well......... however when I get to:

mount /tmp/minirt24.gz /mnt/m24 -o loop -o rw
mount /tmp/minirt26.gz /mnt/m26 -o loop -o rw

I get the message

mount: you must specify the filesystem type

so these files are not getting mounted. I tryed specifying a few different file systems... but the autofs in mount didn't detect it like it should have, so I dunno...I am using knoppix 3.7

what should I do to fix this?