On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 7:44 AM, eculbert <eculbert@yahoo.com> wrote:

1. How do I use chmod command to open it so I can delete what is there now as the system doesn't see it as bootable and,

2. Try to make a bootable from a downloadable.

I have a system with a bad cdrom..not writer, that WILL boot/install from a usb stick. That was done on one partition at the installfest, but I want to 'play' and experiment with installing other os.

I SHOULD have brought the usb stick to the installfest, but forgot it.

TIA

1.
Is it formatted as Fat or ext? if you formatted it as fat, chances are you are mounting it in such a way that only root can access the device and the filessystem.
/dev/hda6 /mnt/fat vfat users,defaults,umask=000 0 0 <-- this should be what your fstab entry looks like. It mounts the device with the mask of 0000, aka mod rules of 777.

2.
http://www.pendrivelinux.com/all-in-one-usb-pclinuxos-minimezip/

I am thinking about making USB bootable sticks at next westside meeting...