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Versions of Linux that can be installed on a Flash drive...

by CardsFan29 Aug 31, 2008 12:33PM PDT

What versions of Linux can be installed on a Flash drive while running their Live CD on your Computer? I know Puppy Linux has that capability, and have tried it with Damn Small Linux, but it didn't turn out the way I was hoping , but I'm unsure of other distros. I have an 8GB flash drive that I really want to stick a distro onto it.

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Linux on a flash drive
by tigerson1 Aug 31, 2008 5:01PM PDT

Hi CardsFan29,
Like yourself, I find it easy to install Puppy directly from a live CD. From memory MCNLive-Toronto provided a facility to do so, but I could not get it to work. They may have made it easier since I tried some seven months ago. SLAX (presently 6.0.7) has approached it differently, providing separate (some 190MB) live CD, and install to USB/flash drive versions. The iso file contains a boot and a slax file. The boot file just needs to be "activated". SLAX' modular nature is easy to work with.
Cheers

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Versions of Linux that can be installed on a Flash drive...
by arochester Aug 31, 2008 7:59PM PDT
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Ubuntu 8.04
by ramusson Sep 1, 2008 8:40PM PDT
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Is that with booting from flash drives in general?
by CardsFan29 Sep 2, 2008 12:03PM PDT

Or would having an operating system such as Xubuntu on the flash drive make the booting process any faster?

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booting from flash drive vs. HD
by tigerson1 Sep 3, 2008 5:43PM PDT

The below figures are obviously of interest only in relation to this particular machine and two different USB 2 "sticks" (USB 2 sticks seem to vary as well), and only show that Puppy on a bootable USB "stick" can be fast:
i. Macpup Dingo (4.0) - 50 sec.
ii. SLAX 6.0.7 - 90 sec.
iii.Ubuntu 8.04 on HD - 133 sec

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