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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Rob Beard wrote: > Hi folks, > > I've recently taken the plunge and bought myself a USB pen drive. It's starting > to > be a handy addition to my toolkit. > > A while ago I read up that there is a portable version of OpenOffice.org (for > Windows I think) that can be loaded and run from a USB pen drive. I'm downloading > this at the moment and I'm hoping I can use it at work (we have Office XP) and I > use OOo at home and generally only save in Open file formats. > > This got me thinking, how would I go about installing a basic Linux OS with say > Firefox, Thunderbird and OOo.org on it? > > I see that there are distros like Damn Small Linux which are fairly small. Having > not tried them I don't know if it'll fit what I'm looking for. I did think of > Debian, but I haven't got the foggiest on how to get starting installing Debian on > a USB key. > > Does anyone know of any How To's? > > By the way, if it's any help, I have a 256MB USB2.0 pen drive at the moment. > > Rob > > > -- > The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG > Mail majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe list" in the > message body to unsubscribe. FAQ: www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html puppylinux has a USB drive install option... - -- Neil Stone Systems Administrator FlashTek UK - -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.1 GIT d+(++) s: a-(?) C++++(--) UL++++$ P+ L+++ E- W+++ N+ o+ w--- O M PS+ Y+ PGP++ t+ 5+ X+ R+ tv+ b- DI++ D+++ G e h--- r+++ y++++(**) - -----END GEEK CODE BLOCK----- -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFEJSEEz3Av8JKgzxQRAlxFAKCYNzDNuw57FQJS5qNb/gjfsZbwkgCePqmr 8BZfN8qlMOybjlu8Vmt823g= =yngK -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG Mail majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe list" in the message body to unsubscribe. FAQ: www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html