uWink, Boot from USB Flash Drives,

atari: uWink - Revolutionizing hospitality, food service and interactive technology

http://www.uwink.com/

Amrita Institute Computer Science B.Tech Syllabus

http://www.amrita.edu/ase/coimbatore/cse/academics.htm

ppl: Naina Redhu - Designer,

http://aside.in/

Syslinux - Peter Anvin

http://syslinux.zytor.com/wiki/index.php/SYSLINUX

info: SYSLINUX is a boot loader for the Linux operating system which operates off an MS-DOS/Windows FAT filesystem. It is intended to simplify first-time installation of Linux, and for creation of rescue- and other special-purpose boot disks.

usage: HardDrive/FlashDrive/etc (z: in this example) 

syslinux.exe -m -a -d /boot/syslinux z:

Utility to make USB Flash drive bootable

http://blogs.oreilly.com/digitalmedia/2004/10/utility-to-make-usb-flash-driv.html

Mount USB Flash Drives in linux

http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/linux-tutorials-howtos-reference-material/15776-how-mount-usb-flash-drives-linux.html

mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/usbflash

[imdeemvp@localhost imdeemvp]$ cd /mnt/ <-as user cd yourself to the mnt folder and become root to create directory

[imdeemvp@localhost mnt]$ su

Password:

[root@localhost mnt]# mkdir usbflash <- this created a directory in the mnt folder

[root@localhost mnt]# ls /mnt/ <-this command listed all my directories the mnt folder

cdrom cdrom1 floppy usbflash

[root@localhost mnt]# mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/usbflash <-this is the command to mount flash card reader

[root@localhost mnt]# ls usbflash <-this listed all the info in my usb flash card and this was the output:

bootex.log dns.bmp games and keys LinuxDocs01.21.04 pc's

dns2.bmp Documents LinuxDistributions_eBay my pics programs

then i just copied this to my home folder and i was done!

[root@localhost mnt]# umount /dev/sda1 /mnt/usbflash <-this unmounted my usb flash card

umount: /dev/sda1: not mounted

[root@localhost mnt]# exit

[imdeemvp@localhost mnt]$

Slax - your pocket operating system

http://www.slax.org/

info: Slax is a modern, portable, small and fast Linux operating system with a modular approach and outstanding design. Despite its small size, Slax provides a wide collection of pre-installed software for daily use, including a well organized graphical user interface and useful recovery tools for system administrators.