Centos has a good guide to making bootible thumbdrives google it will prob ably be universal with tweaks On 11/22/09, Trent Shipley wrote: > Tuna wrote: > >> *bump because the timestamp is crazy-early and probably at the bottom >> of everyone's mail client* >> >> Ryan Rix will tell you Fedora, and can also tell you a thing or two about >> bootable USB drives on netbooks. >> >> Can you tell us what make and model of netbook it is? >> > > http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download-netbook > > Wound up going with this. > > > HP Mini 110-1125NR > s/n CNU94438GZ > p/n VM 135UA#ABA > > > >> Your messages appear to be getting greylisted, so Ryan may want to take >> this discussion off list. >> >> Excerpts from Trent Shipley's message of Fri Nov 20 17:04:57 -0700 2009: >> >>> I just got a netbook and it is running Windows 7 Starter. I intend to >>> promiscuously attach it to public networks. I figure I can avoid a lot >>> of heartache by changing the OS to Linux. >>> >>> >>> I already have Kubuntu on my favorite desktop. I like it, except that >>> after every major upgrade it gets flaky for a while. >>> >>> >>> 1) I'd like to use anything except *ubuntu on the netbook. What are >>> some promising options? >>> >>> >>> 2) I assume I use a bootable memory stick to start getting the distro, >>> yes? >>> >>> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> >> >> >> > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- James Finstrom Rhino Equipment Corp. http://rhinoequipment.com ~ http://postug.com Phone: 1-877-RHINO-T1 ~ FAX: +1 (480) 961-1826 Twitter: http://twitter.com/rhinoequipment IP: guest@asterisk.rhinoequipment.com --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss