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operating system on a usb stick you say?

  • 29-04-2007 12:42AM
    #1
    Dord
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,815 ✭✭✭✭


    why yes, yes i do say. :D:D

    I was looking at some of the links you guys put up and came across some other interesting sites that were linked off those. one of these was damnsmalllinux.org.
    very interesting. a small version of linux, small enough to run off a usb stick! :eek:

    So off with me to Argoos to buy a schtick! I got a Verbatim 1gb stick for €22, not bad. i installed the OS today, pretty simple. up and running within the hour. i was very impressed, it ran extremely smooth! i'm gonna try installing more software and get this baby loaded up! :cool:

    i tried out a full version of linux (mandriva) last year but there was so much messing about with it. its nice to just plug 'n play. plus i can take it with me to work and stuff. :)

    oh yeah, links i used....

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damn_Small_Linux

    http://damnsmalllinux.org/

    http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/damnsmalllinux.org/current/dsl-embedded.zip

    http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/boot/syslinux/syslinux-3.36.zip

    sorry if this is a little too computer oriented for this forum :) i'll try do more diy projects in the future (with pics) ;)


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  • #2
    KTRIC
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,346 ✭✭✭KTRIC


    Its all lies, Joe Robot is trying to convince us not to use the fantastic software that is Windows !!!! :eek:

    Be off with ya, bleedin alchemist running an OS off a flash disk :p


  • #3
    Dord
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,815 ✭✭✭✭Dord


    ahh get outta that garden, you're just jealous! :D


  • #4
    Tar.Aldarion
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 60,119 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tar.Aldarion


    Pff, running linux onj an 8051 is much more fun. :)
    I must try this USB stick thing sometime, if I can hang on to them, keep getting stolen. My precious 4 gig one recently departed. /checks out link.


  • #5
    copacetic
    Subscribers Posts: 16,860 ✭✭✭✭copacetic


    nice work joe.
    no experience of running linux for general PC work myself although have used it on powerPC/Arm embedded processors with very stable and reliable results. what are you planning to do with it?


  • #6
    Dord
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,815 ✭✭✭✭Dord


    Tar.Aldarion wrote:
    Pff, running linux onj an 8051 is much more fun. :)
    I must try this USB stick thing sometime, if I can hang on to them, keep getting stolen. My precious 4 gig one recently departed. /checks out link.

    I've got this one on my keys so I don't lose it. its handy because its so small.
    nice work joe.
    no experience of running linux for general PC work myself although have used it on powerPC/Arm embedded processors with very stable and reliable results. what are you planning to do with it?

    I've only used Linux once before, I couldnt get my head around it. This seems to be an easier approach, I can go back to windows quite easily. The main reason I did it is because I wanted to mess around in Linux, but not have to go thru the messyness of dual boot again. :mad:


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  • #7
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 96,283 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    http://www.puppylinux.org ftw


  • #8
    a5y
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 945 ✭✭✭a5y


    Capt'n Midnight wrote:
    http://www.puppylinux.org ftw

    I tried Puppy Linux on Windows ME box thats been gathering dust on me (On a Live CD, not a USB schtick). It booted up fine, but I couldn't get the keyboard or mouse working... Might be because they're USB peripherals and PL didn't have the drivers for them.

    I lost interest largely because I haven't much of a clue what I was doing. Still, might try some more experiments with different Linux distros...


  • #9
    6th
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,247 ✭✭✭✭6th


    I just bought a 4GB one in a place near O'Connell bridge for €50 ... now if only I could get Mac OSX to run on it!


  • #10
    a5y
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 945 ✭✭✭a5y


    6th wrote:
    ... now if only I could get Mac OSX to run on it!

    Maybe this thread will help.

    Tech > operating systems > Unix > Looking for a distro that looks most like MAC OS X

    Not Mac OS X I'll admit, but if it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck...


  • #11
    Anti
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,401 ✭✭✭✭Anti


    That shouldnt be a problem 6th lemme dig around for you.


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  • #12
    jjam2116
    Closed Accounts Posts: 23 ✭jjam2116


    Hello my harddrive on my dell computer died recently and i was wondering if i could boot up my computer using this os on a stick. Also would my keyboard, mouse and wireless usb adapter work with the stick? and would i also be able to use ubuntu instead? because that os looks better


  • #13
    Stoner
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,934 ✭✭✭✭Stoner


    6th wrote:
    I just bought a 4GB one in a place near O'Connell bridge for €50 ... now if only I could get Mac OSX to run on it!

    the one you got me never worked, stay away!!!.
    Capt'n Midnight wrote:
    http://www.puppylinux.org ftw

    gave puppylinux a go on a mini PC , all flash based so its quiet, no fans, only uses about 25W, does ok for streaming radio and playing MP3s but i found playing DIVX files to be too jumpy.

    Got onto the internet fairly handy too using it's wisards, but I have not been able to N/W it with my NAS box.

    I have it beside my bed its really just an internet radio and browser, doesn't cut it as a media PC IMO, but its free!!


  • #14
    iamhunted
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,569 ✭✭✭iamhunted


    6th wrote: »
    ... now if only I could get Mac OSX to run on it!

    http://pc-hacks.blogspot.com/2007/09/run-mac-os-x-from-usb-stick.html


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