Wanted: Flash Drive bootable Linus Info.

[David Bendit]

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On Nov 13, 2006, at 11:39 PM, Mark Jarvis wrote:

> Can anyone point me to a distro & instructions for creating a true  
> flash
> drive installation, preferably on a 1GB or smaller flash drive?  I  
> would
> like to use this in a classroom situation, so even a flash drive
> installation that only worked on one machine would be useful.

I've not tried this, but it seems simple enough:
http://feraga.com/project/deb2flash

Before you even bother with this, though, ensure that the computers  
you plan to use this on can even boot from USB drives. Most classroom  
computers that I've seen don't have the capacity. In that case, you  
might be able to get away with the distro installed on the USB drive,  
and a bootloader on a floppy/CD.

Also, if you're looking for a more hands-on approach, you might want  
to check out http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/179 . As  
an added benefit, that guide includes encryption of most of the system.

- -David
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