The PC will have 384MB to start with (the older PC100/PC133 DIMMs), and I'm getting a 256MB stick soon to upgrade it to 512MB: three slots, so right now three 128MB sticks; later two 128MB sticks and one 256MB stick. Adequate RAM for most things.
DSL is nice for some situations, but I'd prefer a complete Linux install over an install that fits on a 64MB pendrive.
I figure I'll reformat the pendrive to ext2 instead of ext3. One of my existing machines has a /boot formatted to ext2, and that system doesn't seem to have minded a dozen sudden power failures over the past two years.
--- Brian Kelsay [email protected] wrote:
You mentioned using a CD to install, but you want to boot from a USB pendrive; you can do this with DamnSmallLinux, although I doubt it fits in your plan for using a modern PC. You didn't say how much RAM the PC will have. Debian or Ubuntu should work also, since DamnSmall is based on Debian, but DSL specifically has this in their installer, install to USB and the whole thing will fit in 64MB of space. I assume that to do so with Debian or Ubuntu would just require you to mkdir a mount point for the pendrive, then mount the pendrive as read/write prior to starting the installation. That will allow you to designate /dev/sda1 or /mnt/sda1 as /boot when the time comes to setup the filesystem with the installer.
Brian
On 6/28/07, Leo Mauler <> wrote:
Can anyone direct me to some assistance in getting a distribution installer (CD distribution) to recognize the USB memory key at boot time, so that it can be used as /boot? Also, does the USB key need to be initialized as bootable before beginning the Linux installation?
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