[Grml] grml usb sticks

[markus]

Hello,

On 09/01/2011 09:21 PM, Darshaka Pathirana wrote:
> On 24.08.2011 22:22, Albert Dengg wrote:
>>
>> a while ago i bought one of the nice 32/64bit dual usb keys and since it
>> is now a bit outdated (the version is from the beginning of 2010 or so)
>> i would like to update it, but i haven't found a procedure in the wiki
>> or anywhere else...and i would like to avoid having to do to much
>> reading of docs and/or doing it by trial and error the hard way.
>>
>> can anybody point me in the right direction?
> 
> Same question I wanted to ask since 2010.12 came out (as I also have
> one of these shiny grml.org usb-keys with 2010.04~rc-something on it).
> 
> After searching the grml-wiki (after your trigger - thx!) I found
> this:
> 
> [1] http://wiki.grml.org/doku.php?id=usb&s=usb
> [2] http://grml.org/grml2usb/
> 
> So it seems that downloading both ISOs (32bit/64bit) and
> 
> % grml2usb ${GRML64BIT_ISO} ${GRML32BIT_ISO} ${USBDEVICE_PARTITION}
> 
> should do the trick. The usb-stick should be partitioned and formatted
> mit fat16 (or you can use the "--fat16" option).
> 

The best way is to partitioning the usbstick with fdisk/cfdisk and
format with "mkfs.vfat -F 32 ${USBDEVICE_PARTITION}" (FAT32).

> According to [3] everything else[tm] (e.g. memtest, freedos) should be
> on the stick automatically.
> 
> [3] http://grml.org/grml2usb/#directory-layout
> 
> Please be aware that I have not tested it (yet). Please tell me if
> that worked! (Or if anyone knows better, let me know.)
> 

Today, I have update my own stick with grml(64)-small and grml(64)-full
with grml2usb. It is a perfect tool for this. ;-)

> HTH && HAND,
>  - Darsha
> 

Bye,

Markus

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