Installing Linux to a 4gb usb microdrive

[Brian Kelsay]

There's info out there on how to prevent excessive writes.  Google for Linux
on a CF.

http://pendrivelinux.com/
In Linux disable the swap and use the no atime option in your fstab.
Turn off logging or log to a remote server.
Brian

On Jan 10, 2008 2:15 PM, James Sissel <jimsissel at yahoo.com> wrote:

> What about the limitation on how many times you can delete information
> before the device wears out (thinking of things like the /tmp and /var
> partitions/directories)?
>
>
> *Brian Kelsay <>* wrote:
>
> You should be using Kubuntu 7.10 for one thing over 7.04.   I had problems
> with 7.04 and the one before.  The last good one for me was 6.06.1 LTS.
>
> http://puppylinux.com/flash-puppy.htm
>
> Boot from a LiveCD of Puppy, from "Setup" menu you will find an entry
> called "Puppy Universal Installer". Select that, and follow the simple
> instructions.
> or
> Boot from a LiveCD of Puppy, use ISOMaster and extract the 3 files:
> initrd.gz, vmlinuz and pup_xxx.sfs.  Copy those to your USB drive
> manually.  You will probably have to mount the drive first.  (
> http://puppylinux.com/flash-puppy.htm )  Follow the  caveats and stuff.
> They recommend this method only for an upgrade of an existing USB Puppy
> system.
>
>
>
> On Jan 10, 2008 12:53 PM, Oren Beck <> wrote:
>
> > Last night I got an Excalibur EXC4:4 gb usb microdrive .
> > At $19.99 it was a must buy of sorts.
> > One intended assignment is a portable bootable Linux drive.
> > Anyone want to show off their "Least Steps" methods to install Puppy or
> > other small Linux onto this?
> > Both for someone who does NOT have a linux box and /or from Kubuntu 7.04
> > .
> >
> > Thanks in advance
> >
> > --
> > Oren Beck
> >
> >
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