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 -- Brian Munyao Longwe e-mail: blongwe@gmail.com cell: + 254 722 518 744 blog : http://zinjlog.blogspot.com meta-blog: http://mashilingi.blogspot.com
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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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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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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I installed Ubuntu 9.04 "persistent" on a USB stick from here<http://www.pendrivelinux.com/usb-ubuntu-904-persistent-install-windows/>, but the tutorial is now obsolete. Performance is a bit sluggish, but it's worth it when I'm able to retrieve Windows data from a corrupted Windows install. Thanks. Erick On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 6:08 AM, 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
-- Brian Munyao Longwe e-mail: blongwe@gmail.com cell: + 254 722 518 744 blog : http://zinjlog.blogspot.com meta-blog: http://mashilingi.blogspot.com
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