Re: Linux on USB

On Thu, 11 Sep 2008 21:18:26 +0100, Si K wrote:

Mark Madsen wrote:
On Thu, 11 Sep 2008 20:52:34 +0100, Si K wrote:
i'm trying to get a linux build that has the autodetect features of a
live cd, and will run off a USB key, but I would like to be able to
add users and apps like a "proper" install.

Numerous distros run happily off a USB key.

I've tried DSL, and it seems close, but its the installing and taking
forward thats confusing me (I like Fedora and yum - cant get to grips
with the module thing on DSL)

People have had success running Fedora from USB too, I hear.

any suggestions?

The best place to start is www.pendrivelinux.com which has a bunch of
guides on setting up various distros for USB use.

THey do indeed, but usually its to recreate the LiveCD onto USB.

Did you look at *all* the guides on the pendrivelinux site?

The fedora straight onto USB tries to install Grub (or at least the
version i treid today did) and when you try that on other machines, it
isn't always the same drive order

OK, next suggestion: take a look at the SliTaz documentation at

http://www.slitaz.org

where they talk about the use of their system on USB and the tazlito USB
builder. They say it also works on Debian BTW.
.

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