How to get started:

Required: USB storage device and a pc which boots from it
(else study the alternatives in http://www.8ung.at/spblinux/)

• Download the zipfile usbboot1 from Sourceforge and unpack it into the root directory of your USB flash storage.
• Copy the directory spbsetup to your harddisk
• Follow the instructions given for your operating system (basically you just have to install the bootloader syslinux)
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where do I find the mentioned "makebootable"-command?
only inside spblinux: boot spblinux from floppy disk or make a bootable cd (see minimalsystem.zip in 2.1b11 at sourceforge)

Installation of bootloader GRUB does not work:

Use syslinux instead of grub:

• copy the files kernel and ramdisk from directory /boot/ into the root directory
• when booting type the corresponding number to select a menu entry
• use /syslinux.cfg to configure the bootloader

Installation of GRUB //without// syslinux:

New, 2004.12.28: SPBLinux 2.1b12 comes with grub shell and has an extended makebootable command;
so if you have SPBLinux 2.1b12 running, you can install grub without syslinux using the makebootable command (C.O.).

Requirements and assumptions (as of 2004.12.12 , other distributions and software versions not tested):

• spb-2.1 b11
• working debian sid installation
• deb:GRUB 0.95+cvs20040624-12 installed
• kernel 2.4.25 with working usb stick support
• usb stick device on /dev/sda

Procedure (with some thought-shortcuts; thanks for the detailed instructions :-) C.O.):

• be root
• partition usb drive with one partition type 0x0C (win95 fat32 lba) and format it with vfat
• mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/stick
• copy all files from spb to /mnt/stick, copy files "kernel" and "ramdisk" into /mnt/stick/boot
• echo "(hd0) /dev/sda" > /mnt/stick/boot/grub/device.map
• grub-install --root-directory=/mnt/stick /dev/sda
• cd /mnt/stick/boot/grub && gunzip -c menu.gz > grub.conf
• umount /mnt/stick
• get usb stick to your target machine and boot it
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