[Peeweelinux] newbie wants to target USB HDD

[Leif Steinhour]

It looks like the compatibility issues with RH 7+ are the problem. I would 
also go ahead and build your own 2.2 kernel using pwlconfig and try that 
out. If you still find you're having problems, there's a HOWTO in the 
archives for the 2.4 kernels, but it's a bit more work.

On 2002.12.30 15:22 dan latham wrote:
> I'm running RH 7.3, so I'll look into the compatibility script you 
> mentioned. I've not
> done anything in that regard.
> 
> As background to what I'm doing, I'm playing with building a dedicated 
> Linux-based
> MP3 player. I'm developing on an HP laptop with RH 7.3. The box I'm 
> developing for
> is a EPIA Mini-ITX. It seemed like an easy way to build images and try 
> them out
> would be to write to a USB device and then boot from USB.  So my first 
> attempt
> was just getting the OS on a USB HDD from the laptop. That seems like it 
> will be
> no problem. But the Mini-ITX only supports booting off a USB FDD. So 
> I've ordered a
> Netac Dual-Bootable OnlyDisk that can switch to appear as a FDD. So my 
> plan
> is to build the image on the laptop to the USB drive and then plug it 
> into the Mini-ITX
> and test. Seems like it should work :)
> 
> In the meantime, I'm getting acquainted with PeeWee Linux. It's a
> great tool for someone who knows next to nothing about developing 
> embedded
> Linux.
> 
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