Seems to me that THIS is the wave of the future, not bloatware consuming gigabytes of hard drive space.
To: rdb3; stainlessbanner; N3WBI3; ShadowAce; Ernest_at_the_Beach; rzeznikj at stout
To: martin_fierro
Why don't you just burn a Knoppix Linux copy? It will fit on 1 CD and you don't have to reconfigure the boot drive.
3 posted on
09/06/2006 6:01:38 PM PDT by
mattdono
(150 Million bloodthirsty Arabs vs. 4.8 Million Jewish Israelis. That's not fair. [Off Sarcasm])
To: martin_fierro
What version is the microcode on the flux capacitor ? Sometimes you need to ugprade that.
4 posted on
09/06/2006 6:02:13 PM PDT by
festus
(The constitution may be flawed but its a whole lot better than what we have now.)
To: martin_fierro
Set up my PC's CMOS to boot first from "USB-HDD". Inserted the flash drive and rebooted -- and the drive was ignored in favor of Windows XP.
UNNNGH..
5 posted on
09/06/2006 6:07:06 PM PDT by
jdm
(I gotta give the Helen Thomas obsession a rest.)
To: martin_fierro
Well, I can boot Xenix from an 8" floppy and run a 20 million line BASIC version of DOOM III on it...does that count? ;)
12 posted on
09/06/2006 7:25:20 PM PDT by
Mr. Jeeves
("When the government is invasive, the people are wanting." -- Tao Te Ching)
To: martin_fierro
Inserted the flash drive and rebooted -- and the drive was ignored in favor of Windows XP.Seems to me you have a perfectly good operating system but you're trying to go around it to use a toy one :~)
16 posted on
09/06/2006 7:42:03 PM PDT by
HairOfTheDog
(Head On. Apply directly to the forehead!)
To: martin_fierro
I use
Kubunto on a CD after going into BIOS and setting the proper boot order ( 3.5 floppy, CD, HD)
17 posted on
09/06/2006 7:44:37 PM PDT by
ChadGore
(VISUALIZE 62,041,268 Bush fans. We Vote.)
To: martin_fierro
18 posted on
09/06/2006 7:45:25 PM PDT by
VOA
To: martin_fierro; All
AFAIK, Slax is the most reliable for booting viay USB key.
I haven't had the space to try it myself--and I can't boot off USB on my POS pee-cee...
Speaking of which, question for you: do you know how to connect a Windows NX client to a Linux server?
What's making this difficult is that my Linux box is acting like the server--and it's behind the router.
I've tried forwarding ports 22 tcp and udp--still can't connect outside my LAN.
It'd be nice--especially considering I have an hour commute to school every day.
22 posted on
09/06/2006 9:43:47 PM PDT by
rzeznikj at stout
(ASCII and ye shall receive... (II Computers 3:14))
To: martin_fierro
No luck with that, but I was able to take advantage of a Kentucky Fried Chicken 7 piece original dark meat special for $4.99!
23 posted on
09/06/2006 9:43:52 PM PDT by
A CA Guy
(God Bless America, God bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
To: martin_fierro
I believe DSL (Damn Small Linux), Knoppix, and Slax will boot from a USB flash drive. DSL is about 60 MB (which means it will boot from a USB flash memory device with at least 64 MB...you can even boot it from a Sony PSP in USB mode), not sure about Knoppix, and Slax is around 200 MB (so you can boot it from a Sony PSP in USB mode if your memory card is at least 256 MB).
28 posted on
09/25/2006 5:17:17 PM PDT by
bigdcaldavis
(Xandros : In a world without fences, who needs Gates?)
To: martin_fierro
(vanity) Anyone successfully gotten a version of Linux to boot from a USB flash drive? I have a copy of Knoppix I keep on a 1GB USB drive.
29 posted on
09/26/2006 1:06:27 PM PDT by
Centurion2000
("Be polite and courteous, but have a plan to KILL everybody you meet.")
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