[Cialug] Swap for a USB Drive

[Matthew Nuzum]

Don't get a USB drive with software that makes it run automatically or
install software to the drive. (ulive might be what it's called) It still
works but it causes a little frustration. Best is just a plain USB thumb
drive.

I picked up this tiny 8GB drive at Staples last weekend for $9.99. Barely
sticks out of the usb drive, fits nicely on my keychain. (yes, it has a cap
to protected it)

There are easy to follow instructions on making your own live Ubuntu usb
drive at http://www.ubuntu.com/download/ubuntu/download just scroll down
and do the "show me" stuff. The Windows tool it instructs you to download
has the capability to install other distros in addition to Ubuntu.

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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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