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I have been trying to understand how to use the usbboot.zip and the spbLinuxFAh.zip on my pen drive to get it to boot correctly. How ever, it seems that it wants to make the computer a dual boot system. I wanna run this on a system without editing the boot loader.

I tryed just putting a batch file on it and having the computer boot to it, but it dosen't seem to recognize the pen drive as bootable, and then boots to the hard drive.

Suggestions anyone? The pen drive files haven't been updated since 2003 and I haven't seen the creator of them here, or I just haven't noticed.

Thanks for the help.
 
You should be able to run the text only version fron your pen drive in windows. Just install it in a folder on the drive and run it in windows.
 
What I was wanting was to reboot the system and boot the computer, using the pen drive as the operating system. Hoping to shave a couple minutes off the time per frame.
 
ICE_9 said:
What I was wanting was to reboot the system and boot the computer, using the pen drive as the operating system. Hoping to shave a couple minutes off the time per frame.
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Some machines have a “boot from other devices” option which would allow you to boot from a pen drive.

My only problem with a pen drive is they do seem to have a lifespan. Not sure what it really is, but I know they can just “quit”.

Just a thought
 
Having Windows or any OS which uses a swap file is a no-no from what I've read. The life of a pen drive is measured by total writes I think, and swap files kill this ratio.

I did format one from a win 98 boot disk with /s and made it load ghost once. Kinda a moron method (my type!).
 
Not all pen drives are "boot" capable...
Read over the info on yours. I have a couple of them that can't/won't boot.
My more expensive ones don't have the issue... usually.

It is also possible that some Bios USB boot routines aren't up to it.
I saw that with some ECS boards used on some cheap folding machines I built.
I ended up using some old 2 Gig HD's...

To say the least, the real issue isn't always easy to figure out. ;)

Wearing out a pen drive would take some doing and a swap file isn't cause for big concern. Pen drives are good for millions of read/write cycles which means years of use under intensive read/writes. They do wear out... so do hard drives. I replace my personal hard drive every 3 years even if no problem is detected. Haven't had a loss of data in so long I can't remember. I have a nice new one ready to install now as the current one has hit the 3 year mark. I don't like taking chances with my data. ;)
 
Like LPerry said, try hard drives if you can. And anti-fold-server... ;)

However, I tried this in the past and didn't have any problems getting it going. What exactly happens?

 
I guess I am stuck running the console version on a pen drive when I set at the computer. :( Oh well.
 
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