Linux on a USB Flash Drive

Cintra · Advocate Joined: 03 Apr 2004 Posts: 2111 Location: Norway

Tried it today from CD.. its amazing what you can squeeze into 115MB!

The snag for me is there is (as yet?) no adsl-setup, so I couldn't do a lot with it other than click on everything & familiarize myself with Gnome (no comment...)

mvh

Btw, the iso is 334MB..
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oddjobz · n00b Joined: 04 Mar 2004 Posts: 29 Location: UK

Well ..

If you have an ADSL router - it should all work .. (!)

If you have an internal ADSL card .. if you can supply details then it might be possible to incorporate, however testing is difficult as there are many card types and configurations ...

Cintra · Advocate Joined: 03 Apr 2004 Posts: 2111 Location: Norway

Hei oddjobz

No adsl router I'm afraid :-(

I simply have the usual Broadcom Gigabit on-board netcard with an rj-45 cable to the Telenor provided Speedtouch 510i 'modem' & splitter to my previous isdn wall contact. No sweat at all setting up on Gentoo using pppoe & adsl-setup..

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oddjobz · n00b Joined: 04 Mar 2004 Posts: 29 Location: UK

Ok ..

So the kernel modules required are ?
(standard or additional , in either case - which ?)

And the user tools required are ?
(I'm guessing the included Gnome-PPP will do the job once the correct kernel modules are included)

??

I can't see any modules or options for ADSL in the stock kernel .. ??

oddjobz · n00b Joined: 04 Mar 2004 Posts: 29 Location: UK

Ok, ignore me - found it.

There's now a speedtouch download in the SF files area.
Let me know if you get it working ..

Additional instructions for this package;

Cintra · Advocate Joined: 03 Apr 2004 Posts: 2111 Location: Norway

All seems rather complicated oddjobz

Is the microcode download to upgrade my 'modem' or what? If it is, then I'm not too interested in doing that, as things are working fine on Gentoo.

Thanks anyway for the Speedtouch site info tho', I learnt more there about my 510i device.

regards
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oddjobz · n00b Joined: 04 Mar 2004 Posts: 29 Location: UK

Hey,

Don't look at me, this is a product specific issue.
(i.e. speedtouch .. which incidentally is made by "Thompson" afaik)

I use (and always recommend) a router !!!

A.S. Pushkin · Posted: Sat Jan 15, 2005 12:59 am Post subject: PeanutLinux

I think "LinuxFormat" magazine included one as you describe.

I have not tried it, but it might be nice when traveling?

I did try MandrakeMove which was on the dvd version, but on my machine
X isd a problem due to my SGI 1600SW. IT was nice to pop a cdrom intoa machine a run linux with minmal config. One caveat, that version with the magaizne could not save any configuration.

Try the November, 2004 issue.
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A.S. Pushkin · Posted: Sat Jan 15, 2005 7:18 am Post subject: Runt Linux

I've not tried it, but the November 2003 issue of "LinuxFormat" DVD included RUNT ( (ResNet USB Network Tester) along with Gentoo 1.4.

The versiom included zipped file about 49Mb with a boot image (1.4).
It is not Gentoo, but is claimed to fit a 128Mb flash drive.(Slackware)
http://www.ncsu.edu/resnet/runt/
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Xyster · n00b Joined: 11 Feb 2005 Posts: 1

I was reading this last night and I thought it would be really cool to have an x86 part and a PPC part to boot either PC or Mac into Gentoo. Has anyone done this or would anyone have some advice to go about doing this? Thanks

opentaka · l33t Joined: 18 Feb 2005 Posts: 840 Location: Japan

it will be great if the gentoo's live install cd mini can run from the usb stick cause its about 50megs right?

can it be?

opentaka · l33t Joined: 18 Feb 2005 Posts: 840 Location: Japan

oh well i missed the spot on https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=57754
sori

Drunkula · Posted: Sat Feb 19, 2005 1:28 am Post subject:

Such a great concept. I have already booted from flash drives. Too bad the older mobo's don't support that feature. And to think I just saw a 2 Gig flashdrive at newegg for about $140. Great deal! Just wish I had a little extra cash at this time... :cry:

opentaka · l33t Joined: 18 Feb 2005 Posts: 840 Location: Japan

128MB is enough for me

costs less then 30 bucks

2yrs ago i bought 128MB MMC card which cost abt 99 SGD... which i shouldnt done T_T

knopper · Posted: Sat Feb 19, 2005 10:51 am Post subject:

Maybe this is an option: http://knopperdisk.knopper.tk

It's a little project of myself and I could use a whole lot of feedback from other people to improve it.

opentaka · l33t Joined: 18 Feb 2005 Posts: 840 Location: Japan

wow that sounds intresting,
i gonna try out that:D

maccam94 · n00b Joined: 12 May 2005 Posts: 4 Location: MA

What about installing it on a 20gb+ iPod? Then boot it as a usb drive on a comp?

linuxboxking · n00b Joined: 24 May 2006 Posts: 1

Hey check out this site www.linuxonastik.com I just bought a 2GB Stick with what looks like a modified Knoppix preinstalled.
Boots on my PC no prob!
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sven_sol · Posted: Wed May 24, 2006 3:06 pm Post subject:

Ahh... old threads reborn

Think everything you could want can be found here:

http://flashlinux.org.uk/

Gentoo Based, saw the guy who made this at last years Gentoo UK Conference in Salford. very good distro, very useful! include guides on how,what and why.

Ast0r · Posted: Thu May 25, 2006 7:04 pm Post subject:

There is a Gentoo-based Linux Rescue CD which comes with instructions on how to create a bootable USB drive. Download the ISO, mount it, read the docs, copy the files to the USB drive, and profit. It took me about 10 minutes to set it up.

http://www.sysresccd.org/Main_Page

linuxnoob2005 · n00b Joined: 10 Jun 2006 Posts: 1

I found a site selling linux pre-installed to boot up. This one's using the small 50 MB linux distro called Insert that can bypass admin passwords, run virus scans, and just boot up and run snappy. I'm a big fan of Insert and use it on a CD, but haven't tried it from USB.

I think I might order one cuz I couldn't get it installed on USB. This company claims to have figured it out, but the site looks a little ghetto. Wish they had a phone number or address. Oh well, maybe I'll see if they'll answer an email at least. Your thoughts on the credibility of the site?

Anyway, here it is http://linuxusb.nfshost.com/
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linuxtuxhellsinki · l33t Joined: 15 Nov 2004 Posts: 700 Location: Hellsinki

You can also download UltimateBootCD (UBCD) where Insert is installed, but it might be older version and it's CD. And almost all computers boot from CD but only few from USB, so it'd be better to have creditcard-CD in my opinion

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