Linux on USB

[AZ Pete]

I would probably prefer a USB. I have lots of them laying around in sizes ranging from 1Gb to  16Gb.
Anysites that explain how to installLinux to a USB drive suchthat the system would view it as a hard drive?
Thanks!
Peter

On 4/24/2014 4:58 PM, Stephen Partington wrote:
> There are a few ways to do this, from installing to the USB as if it were a hard drive. or setting up a livecd with persistence (this would pair well with a load to ram option for the livcd)
>
> just depends on how big a Thumb drive you have, and how much persistence you want.
>
>
> On Thu, Apr 24, 2014 at 4:36 PM, AZ Pete <plug at cactusfamily.com <mailto:plug at cactusfamily.com>> wrote:
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>     Hi All,
>
>     I have a spare desktop computer and monitor sitting in the garage that I want to set up for my 10 year old son, but it doesn't have a hard drive. I'd rather not have to buy another hard drive (even though they are pretty cheap).
>
>     I've read somewhere that Linux can be run from a USB flash drive. Since all this PC would be used for is general web surfing and web-based flash games, I thought that this would be a viable solution. It's about a 3 year old machine so the CPU and RAM are quite adequate.
>
>     Can anyone point me to some resources on how to set this up?
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>     This PC doesn't have USB 3.0, will USB 2.0 be fast enough?
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>
>     Any thoughts are appreciated.
>
>     Thanks,
>
>     Peter
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