I have done it (penderivelinux) but what have I done ??

[RimBlock]

Hi,

I installed ubuntu 8.04.1 to a SD Card last night and it works fine but I am not sure what I have got as a result.

I have two partitions. One is 750MB, the other is just over 7GB (I bought an 8GB SD card as the Ubuntu site recommended at least 4GB for an install). After the pendrivelinux install I see the 7GB partition is empty (apart from lost&found) and on boot from the SD Card the 750MB partition becomes mounted as a CD Rom.

Am I now limited to 750MB for all packages etc I may want to install to the system ?

The instructions on Pen drive linux are great for getting it setup but seem to give no details on why you are doing these steps, what you have at the end (apart from a booting linux system) or where to go from there.

Any direction, pointers to relevent threads etc would be very welcome.

Thanks
RB

 

[BillytheImpaler]

When you run the system is the 750 MiB partion writable? If so you can change your fstab (File System TABle) so that the larger partition is mounted in a more useful place.

 

[RimBlock]

When you run the system is the 750 MiB partion writable? If so you can change your fstab (File System TABle) so that the larger partition is mounted in a more useful place.

I will have to take a look but I would guess so. The larger partition is mounted under the /media/disk mount point but with the system directories in ram (I would guess) I am not sure how to add value.

I tried just doing a complete install from the live CD but apart from taking around an hour to install the 2.5GB of files on a single partition (how I would prefer it), Grub then got confused, installed to my Windows drive and then refused to boot anything .

I also had problems with the internal Dell D420 SD card reader not being bootable it seems (mounted as /dev/mmcblk0p1 IIRC) and fdisk not saving the partitioning information when using that slot. I had to resort to a Sandisk Micromate plugged in the back which blocks the second USB slot intended for the USB drive. If I start plugging in hubs or cables the laptop is going to start looking like a Transformer. Great for an enthusiast but not so good for going through airports .

All I wanted was a SD Card with a full Ubuntu install which was bootable without touching the primary HDD which is Win XP. Boot Linux then plug in the stick, boot Xp then unplug the stick. If only life were that simple .

Rb