Re: Running Squeeze on a 2 GB usb stick?



On Tue, 28 Jun 2011 12:47:39 -0400
Stephen Allen <marathon.durandal@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hi - I have a work laptop with Windows and since it tracks basically
everything I do, I'd like to install Squeeze to a 2 GB usb stick I
have laying around so I can boot to that instead of the internal
hdd for personal use. [...]
Am I silly to think I'll be able to do this on 2 GB? The laptop
has 4 GB RAM so I'm not worried about swap space.

I did this myself Mark,

I made this on a 1GB stick, with several dozen of this hardware:
http://goo.gl/L3XmN

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