At the end of the installation process, Slackware 12 offers the
possibility of creating what can be described as a rescue USB stick: A
bootable USB containing a specific kernel, that can be used whenever one
has messed with things on the hard drive.

My question is, How is this done? There must be a script in the
installation software that gets the job done. Anybody know what script
this is? Is this script copied to the hard drive at the end of the
installation process, or is it resident in the installation CD/DVD alone?

K. Jennings wrote:
> At the end of the installation process, Slackware 12 offers the
> possibility of creating what can be described as a rescue USB stick: A
> bootable USB containing a specific kernel, that can be used whenever one
> has messed with things on the hard drive.
>
> My question is, How is this done? There must be a script in the
> installation software that gets the job done. Anybody know what script
> this is? Is this script copied to the hard drive at the end of the
> installation process, or is it resident in the installation CD/DVD alone?
>

/var/log/setup/setup.80.make-bootdisk

On Thu, 16 Aug 2007 06:59:56 -0400, Steven J Masta wrote:

> K. Jennings wrote:
>> At the end of the installation process, Slackware 12 offers the
>> possibility of creating what can be described as a rescue USB stick: A
>> bootable USB containing a specific kernel, that can be used whenever
>> one has messed with things on the hard drive.
>>
>> My question is, How is this done? There must be a script in the
>> installation software that gets the job done. Anybody know what script
>> this is? Is this script copied to the hard drive at the end of the
>> installation process, or is it resident in the installation CD/DVD
>> alone?
>>
>>
> /var/log/setup/setup.80.make-bootdisk


All right, thanks.

On Thu, 16 Aug 2007 10:32:42 +0000, K. Jennings wrote:

> At the end of the installation process, Slackware 12 offers the
> possibility of creating what can be described as a rescue USB stick: A
> bootable USB containing a specific kernel, that can be used whenever one
> has messed with things on the hard drive.
>
> My question is, How is this done? There must be a script in the
> installation software that gets the job done. Anybody know what script
> this is? Is this script copied to the hard drive at the end of the
> installation process, or is it resident in the installation CD/DVD alone?
>
You can also create a stand-alone, complete (or mostly complete) bootable
copy of your Slackware setup on a USB stick. You will probably need a USB
stick which is in the size range of 1 to 4 gigs, depending on what you
have installed and how much working room (free space) you would like to
have. A full setup can be superior to just a bootable kernel. I noticed
recently that 1G flash sticks are down to about $8 now.

I wrote about it most recently here:
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.o...b5156cdd7b347a

BTW, I use the grub bootloader for this. As you noted in an earlier
thread, lilo's capabilities are similar; however, I find grub to be
more flexible. Grub can be thought of as a mini, self-contained OS whose
job is to load other OSs. It's ability to read filesystems on-the-fly is
one area where grub is superior to lilo, IMO.

--
Douglas Mayne

On Thu, 16 Aug 2007 09:28:15 -0600, Douglas Mayne wrote:

> On Thu, 16 Aug 2007 10:32:42 +0000, K. Jennings wrote:
>
>> At the end of the installation process, Slackware 12 offers the
>> possibility of creating what can be described as a rescue USB stick: A
>> bootable USB containing a specific kernel, that can be used whenever
>> one has messed with things on the hard drive.
>>
>> My question is, How is this done? There must be a script in the
>> installation software that gets the job done. Anybody know what script
>> this is? Is this script copied to the hard drive at the end of the
>> installation process, or is it resident in the installation CD/DVD
>> alone?
>>
> You can also create a stand-alone, complete (or mostly complete)
> bootable copy of your Slackware setup on a USB stick. You will probably
> need a USB stick which is in the size range of 1 to 4 gigs, depending on
> what you have installed and how much working room (free space) you would
> like to have. A full setup can be superior to just a bootable kernel. I
> noticed recently that 1G flash sticks are down to about $8 now.
>
> I wrote about it most recently here:
> http://groups.google.com/group/alt.os.linux.slackware/
msg/50b5156cdd7b347a
>
> BTW, I use the grub bootloader for this. As you noted in an earlier
> thread, lilo's capabilities are similar; however, I find grub to be more
> flexible. Grub can be thought of as a mini, self-contained OS whose job
> is to load other OSs. It's ability to read filesystems on-the-fly is one
> area where grub is superior to lilo, IMO.

I have a 2G flashdrive with the files from CD #1 & #2 on it. Can use it
as a rescue drive just like CD #1 and can also make a full install with
it. Also have the 'books' on it too so all the documentation is at my
finger tips.