Posted on 09/06/2006 5:55:06 PM PDT by martin_fierro
I once installed Damn Small Linux on a smaller USB flash drive (512 MB), but it was only operable from within Windows (and then only s-l-o-w-l-y) -- wasn't able to get it to boot on its own.
Just got a deal on a 4GB USB 2.0 flash drive and would like to install a bootable version of Linux on it.
xubuntu ("Ubuntu Lite") appeared to go through the steps of properly installing itself on the flash drive.
Set up my PC's CMOS to boot first from "USB-HDD". Inserted the flash drive and rebooted -- and the drive was ignored in favor of Windows XP.
Has anyone successfully installed a bootable version of Linux on a flash drive? If so, what version and how did you do it?
Success feels so good...
AFAIK, Slax is the most reliable for booting viay USB key.
I haven't had the space to try it myself--and I can't boot off USB on my POS pee-cee...
Speaking of which, question for you: do you know how to connect a Windows NX client to a Linux server?
What's making this difficult is that my Linux box is acting like the server--and it's behind the router.
I've tried forwarding ports 22 tcp and udp--still can't connect outside my LAN.
It'd be nice--especially considering I have an hour commute to school every day.
Fair point. Didn't know that was a need. Anyway...good luck.
It does, but I think I know the crux of my problem.
I just was able to SSH into my Suse box--tested with a standard uname -a.
Now to get the NX client on my jump drive so I can NX from school...8^)
I believe DSL (Damn Small Linux), Knoppix, and Slax will boot from a USB flash drive. DSL is about 60 MB (which means it will boot from a USB flash memory device with at least 64 MB...you can even boot it from a Sony PSP in USB mode), not sure about Knoppix, and Slax is around 200 MB (so you can boot it from a Sony PSP in USB mode if your memory card is at least 256 MB).
I have a copy of Knoppix I keep on a 1GB USB drive.
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