Booting USB squashfs with CD

[stefan riemens]

I would try the "plop" boatloader. Its basically a bootable cd which can
chainload to quite a few other devices.

Stefan
Op 6 apr. 2011 00:29 schreef "theblues gnr" <thebluesgnr at hotmail.com> het
volgende:
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to install Fedora on a MacBook but ran into a problem.
Basically, the computer's CD drive is not working properly so it will fail
to load the image from the disc half way through, with errors. I also can't
boot from a USB stick, since this is a MacBook.
>
> So my question: is there any way to use the CD to load the kernel and
initrd with isolinux, but then load the system image from the USB drive?
>
> Looking at the configuration options in isoloader, I see the following
line:
> vmlinuz0 initrd=initrd0.img
root=live:CDLABEL=Fedora-15-Nightly-20110403.17-i6 rootfstype=auto ro
liveimg quiet  rhgb rd.luks=0 rd.md=0 rd.dm=0
>
> I suppose if there is a way to load it from the USB stick I'd have to
change the root option, from "live" to something else. What would that be?
>
> Anyway, that's as far as I got so far. Appreciate any help.
>
> I have the lateste F15 nightly on a CD and USB stick (created with
abock-image-writer).
>
> Thanks in advance!
> Mark
>
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