======================================================================== If you want to boot RIP from a USB Flash/Pen drive. ======================================================================== The USB device should be at least 32 MB for RIP-15.2.iso. If you include the FreeBSD image it should be at least 44 MB. ================== Install RIP to the USB device ================= It will find your USB drive. Only have one USB drive plugged in! # sh mkusb.sh RIP-15.2.iso "You'll loose anything on the USB drive!" If you want to specify the USB drive, do this. # sh mkusb.sh RIP-15.2.iso /dev/sda The above example assumes that's the name of the RIP ISO image, and the USB drive is on /dev/sda! Instead of specifying an ISO image you can specify a source directory that contains the contents of the ISO image, laid out the same way as the ISO image. # sh mkusb.sh source_directory /dev/sda If you want to change or add something to the Linux system, do this. # mkdir /rip1 /rip2 # mount -t vfat /dev/sda1 /rip1 # cd /rip2 /rip2# gzip -dc /rip1/boot/rootfs.cgz | cpio -iumdv Make the changes in the /rip2 directory, then cpio/gzip the system. # rm /rip1/boot/rootfs.cgz /rip2# find . | bin/cpio -v -o -H newc | gzip -9 >/rip1/boot/rootfs.cgz ^^^ "Use the RIP cpio 'bin/cpio' here!" # rm -rf /rip2 # umount /rip1 # rmdir /rip1 There's also a Windows NT/2K/XP version of mkusb.sh. It won't work under DOS or Win9x! In Windows, click on 'mkusb.bat' in the CD drive. It will find your USB drive! d:\boot> mkusb.bat "It won't ask any questions, and anything on your USB drive will be deleted!" The above example assumes your CD drive containing RIP is d. There are Windows programs that can extract the contents of the RIP ISO image. You can use isox.exe to extract the RIP ISO in Windows. Get 'isox.exe' and extract it! Put RIP-15.2.???.iso in the same directory as xiso.bat! Read the README and then run xiso.bat! Instead of using a RIP CD you can use a directory that has the contents of RIP, laid out like the ISO image. c:\riplinux\boot\doc\rip.txt etc. c:\riplinux\boot\grub4dos\grub.exe etc. c:\riplinux\boot\makeboot\makeboot.exe etc. c:\riplinux\boot\kernel etc. c:\riplinux\boot\rootfs.cgz etc. c:\riplinux\boot> mkusb.bat To boot the RIP system, the BIOS must support booting from a USB device. ATTENTION!!! ATTENTION!!! ATTENTION!!! You can boot a RIP CD and run 'mkusb.sh' on the CD from the Linux system. Mount the RIP CD! # mount /dev/hdc /mnt/cdrom # sh /mnt/cdrom/boot/mkusb.sh -h "For Help!" # sh /mnt/cdrom/boot/mkusb.sh /mnt/cdrom /dev/sda The above example assumes your CD drive is /dev/hdc and your USB drive is /dev/sda! =========================================================================