install to usb mass storage

[Natxo Asenjo]

hi,

when installing from pxe debian squeeze 32 to a pc with only a usb
mass storage device I get this error:

this system does not have a physical disk 1
Using config file: /var/lib/fai/config/disk_config/FAIBASE

the content of this file is:


# example of new config file for setup-storage
#
# <type> <mountpoint> <size>   <fs type> <mount options> <misc options>

disk_config disk1 align-at:64K disklabel:msdos

primary  /             150-       ext4   rw,errors=remount-ro
primary  swap          200-1000   swap   rw



The installation aborts.

The disk is a usb stick (4GiB). From the fai shell after aborting I
start parted on /dev/sda and see it is a FAT formatted drive (1
partition).

Is it possible to install debian to a usb mass storage device? We need
to deploy a couple of underpowered tftp servers and this would be a
great option for us.
--
Groeten,
natxo