[Cialug] Swap for a USB Drive

David Champion dchamp1337 at gmail.com
Sat Jan 21 13:17:20 CST 2012


There are some Linux distributions that are tailored to run from USB stick.
Here's one example:

http://www.mandriva.com/en/downloads/2011/

http://wiki.mandriva.com/en/Docs/Installing_Mandriva_Linux#Installation_from_a_USB_stick


You may want to use the 32 bit version, unless you're sure all of the
machines you will be using are 64 bit.

-dc

On Sat, Jan 21, 2012 at 8:11 AM, Rob Miller <rob at dotcomservices.com> wrote:

> I would like to have a USB (thumb/flash) drive with a flavor of Linux
> loaded on it.  Seems I am using so many different computers - wife's
> laptop, daughter's netbook, desktop at the public library, my own decrepit
> desktop, etc.  I have an ASUS portable wireless 4-in-1 router, model
> WL-330gE that I would be happy to swap.  I would also be happy to go out
> and buy a USB drive for you to use; just tell me which one works best ... I
> have used SUSE the most over the past five or six years as my desktop
> (after starting with "Lindows") and also I once tried installing one of the
> "small" distros on an ancient laptop; I think it was Puppy or D*mn Small
> Linux.  The ASUS unit has only been used once or twice and should be in
> good shape.  Thank you.
>
> Rob Miller - rob at dotcomservices.com
>
>
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