Are you set on Gentoo? [Other's are a bit more powerful?] (Don't flame me, I have hand scripted gentoo builds [For AZWSX.COM] but it's not the most secure distro or best for a pendrive)! Here's a fast Ubuntu (I have used): https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LiveUsbPendrivePersistent Here's a nice Knoppix USB: http://www.pendrivelinux.com/usb-knoppix-510/ obnosis.com | wiki.obnosis.com| (503)754-4452 PLUG HACKFESTS 2nd Saturday Each Month@Noon - 3PM Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2009 14:41:35 -0800 From: trent_shipley@yahoo.com Subject: Re: flash bios dos usb stick To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us I haven't even gotten to the moment of truth where I try to boot from the usb stick. I still need to get MBR, vfat-16, Grub, and FreeDOS all loaded correctly. I actually did burn a CD, boot successfully into FreeDOS, and launch the Dell BIOS flash package. Then the BIOS flasher crapped out complaining that it couldn't write back to a drive. So I need to flash from a read-write medium. From: Stephen To: tshipley@deru.com; Main PLUG discussion list Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2009 3:32:07 PM Subject: Re: flash bios dos usb stick I know this will depend on the bios i think and what order it places yoru USB devices compared to your Hard disk device. On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 9:56 PM, Trent Shipley wrote: > I am trying to build a bootable DOS memory stick so that I can flash my BIOS. > > The instructions (http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/FreeDOS_Flash_Drive) say: > > And finally, you can install GRUB : > grub > grub> device (hd5) /dev/sdb > grub> root (hd5,0) > grub> setup (hd5) > grub> quit > -------------------------- > The line: grub> device (hd5) /dev/sdb > is giving me trouble. > > I know that the stick is mounted at /dev/sdd but I don't know how to find the > value that goes in the (hd5) part of the command. > > http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/articles/grub_intro/ > suggests > > # grub > grub> find /boot/grub/stage1 > (hd0,1) > (hd2,0) > > followed by > > grub> find (hd2,0)/boot/im > grub> find (hd2,0)/boot/images/ > > but this has been decidedly unsuccessful. > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. Stephen --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss _________________________________________________________________ Access your email online and on the go with Windows Live Hotmail. http://windowslive.com/online/hotmail?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_AE_Access_022009