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 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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Apr 1 2007, 10:23 AM
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I'll give it a try with Bochs and check it out...Any other suggestions are still welcome, though.
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Apr 1 2007, 04:50 PM
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QUOTE(Capn_Fish @ Apr 1 2007, 06:23 PM) I'll give it a try with Bochs and check it out...Any other suggestions are still welcome, though.  ran into a recommendation for pclinuxos when I was checking to see if there was a dsl roll your own. No idea what it actually does. Might be worth a quick look, though |
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Apr 1 2007, 06:08 PM
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QUOTE(adf @ Apr 1 2007, 07:50 PM) QUOTE(Capn_Fish @ Apr 1 2007, 06:23 PM) I'll give it a try with Bochs and check it out...Any other suggestions are still welcome, though. ran into a recommendation for pclinuxos when I was checking to see if there was a dsl roll your own. No idea what it actually does. Might be worth a quick look, though PCLinuxOS seems to be a full distro (it says it needs 5GB of disk space) |
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Apr 1 2007, 06:59 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 2,821 Joined: 13-September 04 From: Wasilla Ak. Member No.: 4,572 |
QUOTE(Capn_Fish @ Apr 2 2007, 02:08 AM) QUOTE(adf @ Apr 1 2007, 07:50 PM) QUOTE(Capn_Fish @ Apr 1 2007, 06:23 PM) I'll give it a try with Bochs and check it out...Any other suggestions are still welcome, though. ran into a recommendation for pclinuxos when I was checking to see if there was a dsl roll your own. No idea what it actually does. Might be worth a quick look, though PCLinuxOS seems to be a full distro (it says it needs 5GB of disk space) LMAO told you I didn't know what it did  sorry.If you are desperate you can do a knoppix remaster yourself.. just strip it out and put back the stuff you need. Might take more time (especially if you did addional compression), but it would certainly work |
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Apr 1 2007, 07:03 PM
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QUOTE(adf @ Apr 1 2007, 09:59 PM) QUOTE(Capn_Fish @ Apr 2 2007, 02:08 AM) QUOTE(adf @ Apr 1 2007, 07:50 PM) QUOTE(Capn_Fish @ Apr 1 2007, 06:23 PM) I'll give it a try with Bochs and check it out...Any other suggestions are still welcome, though. ran into a recommendation for pclinuxos when I was checking to see if there was a dsl roll your own. No idea what it actually does. Might be worth a quick look, though PCLinuxOS seems to be a full distro (it says it needs 5GB of disk space) LMAO told you I didn't know what it did sorry.If you are desperate you can do a knoppix remaster yourself.. just strip it out and put back the stuff you need. Might take more time (especially if you did addional compression), but it would certainly work Any chance of just installing some "regular" (eg not live-CD) distro onto USB instead of a hard disk? Would it work without hardware detection? |
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Apr 1 2007, 07:47 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 2,821 Joined: 13-September 04 From: Wasilla Ak. Member No.: 4,572 |
never tried it. is this for multiple computers? how similar are they if so?
If it were me, I'd give a shot at dsl-n. If I couldn't make that do what I wanted, I'd strip down knoppix and do a remaster. If I thought that was going to take too much time, I'd have a quick peek at what I might do with Slax. If none of the above worked, I'd use my zaurus 
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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 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 How do you enable compression on an ext2 filesyste... Jun 6 2007, 02:24 PM adf QUOTE(Capn_Fish @ Jun 6 2007, 10:24 PM)How do... Jun 6 2007, 04:43 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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