[finnix] usb thumbdrive without formatting / partitioning?

[Ferenc Wagner]

"Geoffrey Lane" <freeballer at gmail.com> writes:

> I'm looking to replace another distro, want debian based cause of ease of
> update/installing. I always keep a 4gb drive on me, for emergencies, backup,
> and general use.. This is where my last distro was housed.
> I realize there is a cheatcode/command to install on thumbdrive.... but I DO
> NOT want to haveto backup->restore this drive to install the distro. My
> first question of course is will it boot from vfat32 drive? If so, anybody
> made a howto on how to accomplish this without backup/erasure/hair
> pulling/cursing?
>
> I'd really appreciate if someone could shed a light on the proper
> way to do this and would be really good resource, I think, on the
> website

I'm not sure what you want, but I for one boot several live distros
(amongst them Finnix) from my VFAT16 pendrive.  It's not exactly
trivial to set up, but definitely possible.  Is this what you want?
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Cheers,
Feri.