[plug] Linux on bootable USB memory key

[W.Kenworthy]

There are a couple of distros out there with this: gentoo is one with a
full office package etc on a 256M key for instance (cant find the
reference at the moment to this one tho).  Also check out "Damn Small
Linux", Flash Linux etc.

Here's a howto for a custom one that might give some pointers if you
dont have a pre-built image thats suitable.

http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Gentoo_LiveCD_and_LiveUSB

BillK

On Wed, 2005-07-13 at 13:52 +0800, Chris Caston wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Has anyone installed Linux on a USB memory key before?
> 
> How did you go about it and what distro/live cd did you use?
> 
> The possible implementation I am thinking of only needs a firefox,
> thunderbird and rdesktop. Something like XFce should keep the interface
> simple enough.
> 
> Having the live CD in the drive is a bit noisy and that is why I would
> prefer to use a bootable usb thumb drive. 
> 
> I don't want to use a harddrive because they are a point of failure.
> 
> regards,
> 
> Chris
> 
> 
> 
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