 Usb Key Linux Distro |
 Mar 31 2007, 11:25 AM
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I'm looking to run Linux off of a USB drive (512MB). I would like to have:
-A 2.6.x kernel -Hardware detection so I can use it on any machine -The ability to uninstall whatever came with the distro -GCC readily available -Some space left over so I can actually use it as a USB drive Any suggestions? |
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Jun 6 2007, 02:24 PM
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How do you enable compression on an ext2 filesystem? I've been looking, but I can't find an answer (I get the impression I'm searchingly challenged, though).
I'm looking to have room for a few more apps. |
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Jun 6 2007, 04:43 PM
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QUOTE(Capn_Fish @ Jun 6 2007, 10:24 PM) How do you enable compression on an ext2 filesystem? I've been looking, but I can't find an answer (I get the impression I'm searchingly challenged, though). I'm looking to have room for a few more apps.  You'll probably have to do a squashfs for some directory. Which means you'll have to screw around with your path and init a little, I suspect. This is actually a good reason to use knoppix from usb-it is already compressed and set up to function. Moving it to USB is easy, as per the instructions at pendrivelinux, ansd sufficiently large usb keys are pretty cheap. I think I saw 2Gig usb keys for about 30-40 usd the other day. |
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Capn_Fish Usb Key Linux Distro Mar 31 2007, 11:25 AM
adf QUOTE(Capn_Fish @ Mar 31 2007, 07:25 PM)I... Mar 31 2007, 07:29 PM
Capn_Fish QUOTE(adf @ Mar 31 2007, 10:29 PM)QUOTE(Capn_... Apr 1 2007, 06:06 AM adf QUOTE(Capn_Fish @ Apr 1 2007, 02:06 PM)QUOTE(... Apr 1 2007, 10:17 AM Capn_Fish I'll give it a try with Bochs and check it out... Apr 1 2007, 10:23 AM adf QUOTE(Capn_Fish @ Apr 1 2007, 06:23 PM)I... Apr 1 2007, 04:50 PM Capn_Fish QUOTE(adf @ Apr 1 2007, 07:50 PM)QUOTE(Capn_F... Apr 1 2007, 06:08 PM adf QUOTE(Capn_Fish @ Apr 2 2007, 02:08 AM)QUOTE(... Apr 1 2007, 06:59 PM Capn_Fish QUOTE(adf @ Apr 1 2007, 09:59 PM)QUOTE(Capn_F... Apr 1 2007, 07:03 PM adf never tried it. is this for multiple computers? h... Apr 1 2007, 07:47 PM Antikx QUOTE(Capn_Fish @ Apr 1 2007, 09:03 PM)Any ch... Apr 1 2007, 08:22 PM craigtyson Asked this before but. is it possable to boot a P... Apr 2 2007, 03:48 AM Antikx QUOTE(craigtyson @ Apr 2 2007, 05:48 AM)Asked... Apr 2 2007, 11:35 AM Da_Blitz yes to the PC off the zaurus thing, however itwill... Apr 2 2007, 07:16 AM Capn_Fish I'm thinking I'll burn DSL-N to a CD and g... Apr 2 2007, 10:18 AM Capn_Fish As a follow-up, I finally found a good distro: Deb... May 21 2007, 12:27 PM ShiroiKuma QUOTE(Capn_Fish @ May 21 2007, 09:27 PM)As a ... Jun 6 2007, 06:46 PM adf QUOTE(ShiroiKuma @ Jun 7 2007, 02:46 AM)QUOTE... Jun 6 2007, 07:17 PM Capn_Fish QUOTE(adf @ Jun 6 2007, 07:43 PM)QUOTE(Capn_F... Jun 6 2007, 05:04 PM adf Fair enough.
what about something like UPX?
Coul... Jun 6 2007, 05:16 PM speculatrix ext2 doesn't have compression, use cramfs or s... Jun 6 2007, 02:51 PM Capn_Fish I'll take a look at that...
Of course, if I h... Jun 6 2007, 05:28 PM adf Just good ol nano, which I suspect you're alre... Jun 6 2007, 06:28 PM Capn_Fish Oops, I meant programming editor. Yes, I use Nano ... Jun 6 2007, 06:41 PM Capn_Fish I basically stuck it in a computer with generic ne... Jun 7 2007, 06:37 AM speculatrix you'd wear out the usb stick less if you creat... Jun 7 2007, 09:25 AM Cyril92 Does it answer to first question ? here Jul 10 2007, 03:47 AM BluePanther QUOTE(Capn_Fish @ Mar 31 2007, 03:25 PM)I... Jul 10 2007, 05:12 AM Dromede capn_fish, maybe www.puppylinux.com will suit your... Jul 10 2007, 05:26 AM Capn_Fish I tried Puppy, and it was pretty good, especially ... Jul 10 2007, 05:51 AM Capn_Fish Sadly, I only just got to try booting Debian off o... Jul 13 2007, 05:55 PM adf QUOTE(Capn_Fish @ Jul 14 2007, 01:55 AM)Sadly... Jul 13 2007, 06:24 PM Capn_Fish It has nothing to do with Xorg AFAICT, as it happe... Jul 14 2007, 06:18 AM T3_slider QUOTE(Capn_Fish)It has nothing to do with Xorg AFA... Jul 14 2007, 06:07 PM Capn_Fish QUOTE(T3_slider @ Jul 14 2007, 09:07 PM)QUOTE... Jul 14 2007, 07:49 PM T3_slider I would try it out, but I don't have any LCD s... Jul 15 2007, 07:36 PM Capn_Fish QUOTE(T3_slider @ Jul 15 2007, 10:36 PM)I wou... Jul 16 2007, 08:21 AM Capn_Fish On a slightly different topic (No need to start a ... Dec 6 2007, 07:42 PM adf QUOTE(Capn_Fish @ Dec 6 2007, 06:42 PM) O... Dec 6 2007, 08:10 PM Capn_Fish Thanks. I didn't feel like going all the way t... Dec 8 2007, 07:20 PM |
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