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Re: [LUG] Running linux from a USB Pen Drive

 

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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
> 
> 
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puppylinux has a USB drive install option...

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Neil Stone

Systems Administrator
FlashTek UK

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