On Fri, Oct 28, 2005 at 04:46:39PM +0100, James Pearson wrote:
RedHat don't support installs on removable drives - see:
https://www.redhat.com/archives/anaconda-devel-list/2005-July/msg00021.html
But, looking at the anaconda source - in partedUtils.py at around line 833:
if isys.driveIsRemovable(drive) and not flags.expert: DiskSet.skippedDisks.append(drive) continueSo it looks like if you boot the installer with 'expert' on the command line it may work.
I've just tried this, I can get disk druid to see the USB drive - but I did have to 'go back' and re-try disk druid before it found the USB drive - I didn't get as far as installing (I don't have a 1GB USB stick), but it may work...
An alternative to consider would be a compact flash card. with the right adapter these plug right in like an IDE disk.
I can't comment on the relative performance of this vs. a USB stick, although i'd be interested if someone else knows.
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