[nylug-talk] best thumb drive distro?

[Paul Robbins]

The problem I run into often is machines that do not give the option of boot
from USB.  I usually just carry and mini-CD install of puppy.

On 9/25/07, Pann McCuaig <pann at ourmanpann.com> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Sep 25, 2007 at 16:23, David Rosenstrauch wrote:
>
> > Just wondering:  anyone have suggestions for best linux distro for a
> > thumb drive, with the criteria being (in order of importance):
> >
> > a) size (my thumb drive is 512MB, and I still want to leave room for
> data)
> > b) ease of install
> > c) most system recovery utils provided
>
> Caveat: while I use System Rescue CD (Gentoo-based) all the time, I've
> never installed it on a thumb drive. But it should fill your needs very
> nicely.
>
> http://www.sysresccd.org/Howto_install-usb-stick
>
> Cheers,
> Pann
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