yeah but performance is an issue - I tried Ubuntu in a QEMU virtualisation and boy o boy was it slow....DSL in the same setup on the other hand, blazing fast!

B

On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 3:42 PM, kipropest <kipropbrian@gmail.com> wrote:
Almost all distros can be run from a flash using unetbootin. Big small weird rare custom you name it.


On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 2:14 PM, Okechukwu <okechukwu@gmail.com> wrote:
Have run Puppy Linux on USB-Watch for some time now - got a lot of
others at www.distrowatch.com

./Ok3ch

On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 2:08 PM, Brian Munyao Longwe <blongwe@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi skunks/ettes,
> Been playing around this week with getting a small distro of linux onto a
> usb stick in order to carry out quick and dirty admin tasks on a broken
> installed server. Came across a lot of different options/recommendations but
> by far the one that I found easiest to set up and use is "Damn Small Linux"
> also known as DSL - http://www.damnsmalllinux.org. It's neat coz you just
> the the computer bios to boot from USB and voila! You have a fully
> functional linux running (just like from a LiveCD)
> Anybody else out there whose played around with USB stick distros? I saw
> some pretty neat ones specifically designed for carrying out security
> operations like Penetration tests, vulnerability checks, etc...
> Best regards,
> Brian
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