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Posted: April 04 2007,02:34 QUOTE
Any plans to make DSL fully installable on USB as defined here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live_USB as opposed to DSL being derived as it is packaged now?

I was hoping to be able to do this with DSL now :/
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Posted: April 04 2007,03:11 QUOTE
Frugals are the way to go, esp. for flash devices since it limits writing to the device by a lot.

Why would you need a "full" installation though?
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Posted: April 04 2007,03:56 QUOTE
Quote (^thehatsrule^ @ April 03 2007,23:11)
Frugals are the way to go, esp. for flash devices since it limits writing to the device by a lot.

Why would you need a "full" installation though?

I want more persistance than what it currently offers as  a frugal install.

Can I configure everything without having to enter everything on the commandline?

Also, according the frugal install installation:
http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/wiki/index.php/Frugal_Install

1) Boot the LiveCD. Choose Frugal Install from the menu.

What menu?
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Posted: April 04 2007,04:33 QUOTE
That's not what flash memory is made for. You're going to toast your USB stick running a full OS like that.
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I want more persistance than what it currently offers as  a frugal install.

You want more persistence of what?
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Can I configure everything without having to enter everything on the commandline?

Configure what on the command line? And what's wrong with that?
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What menu?

The one in fluxbox, the one in jwm. Take your pick.

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Posted: April 04 2007,05:05 QUOTE
Well... you'll probably want to use the USB-ZIP or USB-HDD script since those will set up your usb drive's geometry/partitions for you, instead of the regular frugal script.
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