Linux install in flash card

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  1. I can't understand why Linux on flash card needs an install, does it simply copy certain file to certain location in flash card?

    I mean, plan it in a response file, then one program read the plan in response file and write certain format to flash card.

  2. Does the filesystem bind tightly to the Linux kernel? Is it possible let each kernel, user, app have its own root? Rather than mount everything under one single "root"?

Johnny

Posted 2010-06-10T03:53:39.963

Reputation: 3

1this barely makes sense as is. – quack quixote – 2010-06-10T08:45:29.850

I believe 1 is asking why Linux on flash drives requires an install. 2 I don't get either. – Hello71 – 2010-06-19T02:47:10.083

Answers

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  1. On PCs, the Flash card needs the MBR and bootsectors written. This is a limit of the BIOS.
  2. The is called chroot, which can be useful but also problematic, and deserves its own question.

Yann Ramin

Posted 2010-06-10T03:53:39.963

Reputation: 357

does the linux on flash card have chroot yet? – None – 2010-06-10T04:06:07.873

could users be chrooted? the guest don't share the some structure of folders of admin. – None – 2010-06-10T04:14:23.627

@Johnny - How could you chroot a user? Did you even read the manpage for chroot? – MDMarra – 2010-06-10T11:30:20.003

sorry,i haven't. – Johnny – 2010-06-12T03:26:43.363

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