How to install Linux (CentOS preferred) using 128MB CF as BOOT and USB as storage
I've been digging through the internet trying to accommodate a need I have to install CentOS (5.4) on a machine with the following configuration:
IDE0:0 Compact Flash (128MB card)
IDE1:0 CDROM
SBA: USB mass-storage device (1GB or so)
RAM: 512MB (however, trying to AVOID ISO loading into memory)
What I "want" to do is have the CF boot the machine and tend to HAL... but have the actual "OS" on the USB drive (which could also be used for swap if needed) however I have yet to find a way to accomplish this.
How to format the CF to manage GRUB, etc. and then switch over to sba: for the actual operating system. I have running Windows and Linux machines at my disposal to accomplish the task.
In the end, what I'd like to end up with is a flash drive that holds an OS that the CF "calls onto" thus allowing somewhat of a plug-n-play environment where the OS could be switched out without having to do much of anything to the /boot (CF)
Thoughts and/or ideas welcome!
IDE0:0 Compact Flash (128MB card)
IDE1:0 CDROM
SBA: USB mass-storage device (1GB or so)
RAM: 512MB (however, trying to AVOID ISO loading into memory)
What I "want" to do is have the CF boot the machine and tend to HAL... but have the actual "OS" on the USB drive (which could also be used for swap if needed) however I have yet to find a way to accomplish this.
How to format the CF to manage GRUB, etc. and then switch over to sba: for the actual operating system. I have running Windows and Linux machines at my disposal to accomplish the task.
In the end, what I'd like to end up with is a flash drive that holds an OS that the CF "calls onto" thus allowing somewhat of a plug-n-play environment where the OS could be switched out without having to do much of anything to the /boot (CF)
Thoughts and/or ideas welcome!
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i disagree, at the time this was the right answer, now more possibilities exist
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For example, I was reading through DSL, Puppy, etc. and everyone claims these mini-linux distros CAN be set up as Live CDs and in some cases, bootable floppies... but when it comes to installing the same distro onto a hard drive... I'm lost.