[kwlug-disc] transfer

[unsolicited]

1GB will give you a static Linux (live CD), 2GB will give you 
persistent data.

http://www.pendrivelinux.com/

Shane wrote, On 05/29/2010 3:19 PM:
> Thanks.  What size key did you use.  I told him 8 gig minimum. 
> ================
> It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bob Jonkman <bjonkman at sobac.com>
> Date: Sat, 29 May 2010 14:05:38 
> To: KWLUG discussion<kwlug-disc at kwlug.org>
> Subject: Re: [kwlug-disc] transfer
> 
> Ubuntu has a feature to turn any CD/DVD or .ISO image into a bootable 
> USB key: "System, Administration, USB Startup Disk Creator". It's the 
> easiest solution for any Live CD image. I've used it to create a Debian 
> install USB, as well as working installations of Mint and Ubuntu Lucid 
> Lynx -- the Creator provides persistent storage on the USB key so that 
> settings and documents are preserved between sessions.
> 
> --Bob.
> 
> On Sat, 29 May 2010 at 12:48, Shane <shane.msg at gmail.com> wrote about 
> [kwlug-disc] transfer:
>> Here is an interesting question and I think it is possible but I'm not certain.
>>
>> Is it possible to install Linux from a CD directly to a flash device.  He doesn't want to install it onto the computer until he is comfortable with using it.  He doesn't want to run the Linux installation from the CD because he has data that he wants to store as a test of the "Linux system."
>>
>> I have told him about dual boot but he doesn't want to go that route.
>>
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>> It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.
>>
>>    
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