Grav3Mind Posted July 11, 2006 Share Posted July 11, 2006 im dying for a small OS of some sor tthinking that i might be able to find out something after searching everywher else i come here...HELP!!! i just need some type of...live usb linux...stick..xD. well is there anything?!!?! all help greatly appreciated . Macnipulate Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/21726-nix-on-a-thumb-drive/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
domino Posted July 12, 2006 Share Posted July 12, 2006 http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=...usb+drive+howto Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/21726-nix-on-a-thumb-drive/#findComment-143470 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mifki Posted July 12, 2006 Share Posted July 12, 2006 Damn SMall Linux can (DSL) about 50 mb Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/21726-nix-on-a-thumb-drive/#findComment-143508 Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnniecarcinogen Posted July 12, 2006 Share Posted July 12, 2006 With out a doubt my favorite Linux distro for a USB thumb drive is SLAX. You should try MySlax creator... it installs Slax customized the way you want you want it and makes the USB stick bootable. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/21726-nix-on-a-thumb-drive/#findComment-143574 Share on other sites More sharing options...
domino Posted July 12, 2006 Share Posted July 12, 2006 So is this method and speed the same as installing on an external USB2 drive? I always wanted to do this since I saw a dongle ad about linux on a stick a year ago. how fast is the throughput with 300mb db and php rendering? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/21726-nix-on-a-thumb-drive/#findComment-143682 Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnniecarcinogen Posted July 12, 2006 Share Posted July 12, 2006 So is this method and speed the same as installing on an external USB2 drive? I always wanted to do this since I saw a dongle ad about linux on a stick a year ago. how fast is the throughput with 300mb db and php rendering? What the myslax creator does is create a custom .iso (from the plain vanilla official slax .iso) and burn it either to a cd or usb thumb drive. It allows you to add modules and choose default options for how Slax will boot. (like the 'no cd' which loads slax into the memory -- resulting in a very fast OS). Running it from my thumb drive in a usb2.0 port is seems to be just as fast. php rendering seems to be faster than it is on my Windows or OS X installs. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/21726-nix-on-a-thumb-drive/#findComment-143745 Share on other sites More sharing options...
U.C. Posted July 12, 2006 Share Posted July 12, 2006 You can evev install knoppix on a thumb drive. And If u wanna turn your office into a large zombie cluster, check out Cluster Knoppix. This will get u a cluster on a thumb drive too. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/21726-nix-on-a-thumb-drive/#findComment-143816 Share on other sites More sharing options...
alicheusz Posted July 12, 2006 Share Posted July 12, 2006 there is nice article http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/articles/grub_intro Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/21726-nix-on-a-thumb-drive/#findComment-143966 Share on other sites More sharing options...
domino Posted July 13, 2006 Share Posted July 13, 2006 What the myslax creator does is create a custom .iso (from the plain vanilla official slax .iso) and burn it either to a cd or usb thumb drive. It allows you to add modules... Impressive! I love the modules. Lots of things you can on a 4gig flash drive. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/21726-nix-on-a-thumb-drive/#findComment-144107 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bwhsh8r Posted July 14, 2006 Share Posted July 14, 2006 I just did one on a 123mb stick and it works just fine (cept when i try to change the screen resolution it shuts down) its a really cool proof of concept! i might go get a 4gb stick and then have a full os on there! that would be cool! but i like my 250gb hdd more... max Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/21726-nix-on-a-thumb-drive/#findComment-144991 Share on other sites More sharing options...
realfolkblues Posted July 6, 2008 Share Posted July 6, 2008 will any of these work for a MBP? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/21726-nix-on-a-thumb-drive/#findComment-808941 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Embio Posted July 6, 2008 Share Posted July 6, 2008 why would you need it to? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/21726-nix-on-a-thumb-drive/#findComment-809773 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grav3Mind Posted July 7, 2008 Author Share Posted July 7, 2008 Wow bunch of cool options thanks guys Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/21726-nix-on-a-thumb-drive/#findComment-811009 Share on other sites More sharing options...
pebcak Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 Really depends what you want to do.. puppy linux, KNOPPIX-STD and grml-small are also excellent... you can basicly "thumbify" every linux livecd. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/21726-nix-on-a-thumb-drive/#findComment-811634 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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