Re: using Linux from a flash drive

--- Karen Ciocchi <kciocchi@excite.com> wrote:

>
> Hi all! I would welcome your sage advice.
> My goal is to surf exclusively using Linux (Ubuntu,
> Knoppix, doesn't matter to me) and to store any
> downloads somewhere on a FAT32 partition I can access
> later with Windows. [dual booting, Wine, and VM Ware
> are not viable solutions in this case]
> It seems that buying a 1-2GB flash drive could work,
> as my laptop can boot from that device.
> This leads to some questions:
>
> Q1: How many GB would you allocate for a minimal
> Linux + Open Office + GIMP installation?
> Q2: Will the choice of device make any difference? Are
> the terms "flash drive" and "jump drive" interchangeable?
> Q3: Which device brands are reliable? I've already had
> a cheap flash drive die on me.
>
> Thanks!
> Karen Ciocchi
>

Considered a puppy lately?

http://www.puppylinux.org

If you have CD, boot from custom CD, with personal
storage on FAT32 Flash.

( could boot from USB but why? when you can
  save r/w space on flash by allocating static
  files to r/o CD )

Cheers!
Mike F.

       
____________________________________________________________________________________
Pinpoint customers who are looking for what you sell.
http://searchmarketing.yahoo.com/
---------
To unsubscribe, send email to <aklug-request@aklug.org>
with 'unsubscribe' in the message body.
Received on Mon Aug 27 20:20:19 2007