Something that I'm sure has been tried beforeForum: DSL Ideas and Suggestions Topic: Something that I'm sure has been tried before started by: BioHelix Posted by BioHelix on Sep. 30 2004,01:04
First time poster here! Woohoo! Anyway, I came upon this site a few days ago and this little OS fascinates me. Being able to personalize an OS from the ground up is a very interesting concept and I think I'd like to at least give it a shot. My question pertains to USB pen drives. Would it be possible to install DSL on say a 512 or 1 GB pen drive and actually run it? Would the read/write rates be ok with that? Reason I ask is it would be incredible if I could do this and be able to basically plug and play my own little personalized OS on any computer I happen to be around. Like my subject line says I'm sure this has at least been tried before and I was hoping I could get some feedback or opinions on this concept and if it would work or not. Thanks in advance!Sincerely, One ready to join the revolution Posted by SaidinUnleashed on Sep. 30 2004,01:14
yes, but you dont want to do a "normal" install, as this would quite literally eat the drive.you can do a Frugal Install to a usb pen, compact flash card, etc. frugal doesn't write to the drives nearly as much therefore sparing the solid-state storage some a lot of wear and tear. in the menu it's Apps>>Tool>>Install to Pendrive Welcome to the Revolution. EDITUS: corrected location of the pendrive install script. |