Anders Johansson wrote:

On Tuesday 31 January 2012 21:55:01 madworm_de.opensuse@spitzenpfeil.org wrote:

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Is there a know way to install a live CD image onto an usb stick with:

a) not using the whole stick (16GB), but just one partition (e.g. sdb1) for the image b) having additional data partition(s) on there as well

I'm not interested in having a 'persistent' live system on the stick, I just don't want to sacrifice 16GB for a 1GB image.

I played a bit with syslinux and qemu for testing and got it to boot with that.

Only it doesn't boot on a real PC.

install the syslinux package and use the isohybrid program to change the iso image so it's bootable both as a CD and on a harddisk or USB stick

Anders

I think the OPs issue is that he wants to preserve some existing data on the stick - the method you mention is documented in the wiki or SDB (or both), but I don't think it's able to preserver existing data. (when I've used it, it didn't), -- Per Jessen, Zürich (-4.9°C) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org

On Wed, 2012-02-01 at 12:23 +0100, madworm_de.opensuse@spitzenpfeil.org wrote:

On 02/01/2012 08:26 AM, Per Jessen wrote:

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I think the OPs issue is that he wants to preserve some existing data on the stick - the method you mention is documented in the wiki or SDB (or both), but I don't think it's able to preserver existing data. (when I've used it, it didn't),

Correct.

I desire a bootable live image on my usb stick + custom partitioning scheme for other data.

I am pretty sure KIWI allows this. I know that I make a USB stick that I can install from (OEM-style), and have the unused part of the stick for my own partition onto which I place whatever. Doing the same thing with a live image is surely also possible. Yours sincerely, Roger Oberholtzer OPQ Systems / Ramböll RST Office: Int +46 10-615 60 20 Mobile: Int +46 70-815 1696 roger.oberholtzer@ramboll.se ________________________________________ Ramböll Sverige AB Krukmakargatan 21 P.O. Box 17009 SE-104 62 Stockholm, Sweden www.rambollrst.se -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org