http://news.com.com/Mobile+hard+drive+carries+Linux/2100-1003_3-5325181.html...
A USB HD that turns any PC into a Linux PC for ~$200.
Pretty cool. Doubt it will last long.
On Friday 27 August 2004 08:58 am, Brian Densmore wrote:
http://news.com.com/Mobile+hard+drive+carries+Linux/2100-1003_3-5325181.htm l?tag=nefd.hed
A USB HD that turns any PC into a Linux PC for ~$200. Pretty cool. Doubt it will last long.
I saw that on Mandrakesoft yesterday, but they list it at double the price: http://www.mandrakesoft.com/products/globetrotter
I think we're headed toward a USB KeyDrive release myself, I know there are people here working on that.
Jonathan Hutchins wrote:
I think we're headed toward a USB KeyDrive release myself, I know there are people here working on that.
Already done. you can take any Knoppix derivative and boot from usb. BUT, I have only done it w/ DamnSmall and with a boot floppy that hands off to the USB stick. My old stuff won't boot to USB on its own. Just like some CD-ROM drives won't boot an OS, older hardware is not able to boot to USB. One year old stuff can though.
http://damnsmalllinux.org/cgi-bin/forums/ikonboard.cgi?act=ST;f=5;t=177 http://rz-obrian.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de/knoppix-usb/
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On Friday 27 August 2004 06:43 pm, Brian Kelsay wrote:
BUT, I have only done it w/ DamnSmall and with a boot floppy that hands off to the USB stick. My old stuff won't boot to USB on its own. Just like some CD-ROM drives won't boot an OS, older hardware is not able to boot to USB. One year old stuff can though.
It depends on the BIOS. Some of the boarderline stuff can be persuaded to boot to newer devices given a flash upgrade.
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