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Linux USB boot: vmlinuz needs to load USB modules - Car PC

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CzarDestructo

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So I haven't really diddled with Linux for many years, I've recently been revisiting the subject because I want to install a car PC and ditch my awful Sirius radio. Anyhow here is the situation.

I have a respectable thin client that has 256 megs of onboard flash that's horribly slow. The client for whatever reason has USB 1.1 but thankfully a PCI slot so I tossed a USB 2.0 card in there. What I want to do is install Puppy linux on one flash drive and LinuxICE on another, then toss those in the USB 2.0 card for quick booting. On the internal flash I want to install vmlinuz with all the USB modules so that it can initialize and access the USB 2.0 storage.

How the hell do I recompile the vmlinuz and initrd.gz to get it to load all the USB modules to start up the USB card? Currently I'm just using the Puppy linux stock ones with little luck, is there a way to recompile it with Puppy? Is vmlinuz the best way to do this? Am I missing something or attacking this the wrong way?

Any input would be most appreciated.
 
I've never used vmlinuz, but since you're looking for a super small installation, how about Damn Small Linux? http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/

I've got tons of older hardware sitting around that I wanted to find a good use for, and DSL was perfect for putting together several older lower-power systems. The entire install will fit on 50MB!

Another very light, very practical and elegant Linux distro for lower-powered or small footprint systems is Vector Linux Light http://vectorlinux.com/. I don't think it would fit on the 256MB flash you mentioned, but could probably be useful for other parts of your project. By the way, what kind of thin client is it? Sounds like a fun project.
 
It's a HP t5700, retired cash register. I'd prefere to stick with LinuxICE and Puppy. LinuxICE is a dedicated car pc OS, really clean and simple and works fantastic. Puppy is just there in case I need an actual OS but I'll more than likely never use it.

I really just need to be able to load USB modules with the initial kernel/grub on a USB 1.1 drive in order to access the USB 2.0 card and in turn LinuxICE. Sorry this is confusing!
 
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