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 > wrote: > > 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? > > This PC doesn't have USB 3.0, will USB 2.0 be fast enough? > > > Any thoughts are appreciated. > > Thanks, > > Peter > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > > -- > A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. > > Stephen > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss