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Posted: Aug. 02 2004,14:05 QUOTE
my freind steve had the idea of installig dsl to a compaq flash drive <that is what its called rght? (i have forgotten the exact name of the hardware it would be installed to)> and running it on a cheap laptop.  he said something about having a boot floppy to run it.  is this possible, and if it is, could someone tell me how to go about doing this, it would be mch appreciated

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Posted: Aug. 02 2004,14:59 QUOTE
You don't really need a boot floppy.
Everything is right here: http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/store/embedded_storage
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Posted: Aug. 02 2004,15:11 QUOTE
thanx roberts.  that is exactly what i was looking for.  how much memory do those have on them?  if they have a lot, then it will be perfect for building a custom laptop.  would a good idea be to buy a good one from alienware or gateway, or just getting a cheap one out of the pennysaver?

i want to have it setup so that i have dsl as my main os, then having windows xp installed as a secondary, so i can use linux for my regular hacking and such , and then have windows for gaming.

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Posted: Aug. 02 2004,15:19 QUOTE
Those are the adapters. You buy your CF depending on memory size desired. Did you click on John's Toy? It shows a system with no harddrive and a 256MB CF. I have used a 64MB CF inside an old notebook, another notebook, I have a 128MB CF. I also use CF in some of my white boxes. The box that I use to do remastering actually has the OS, DSL of course, on a 64MB CF. So, depending on your budget, buy what you need.  I have had very good results with SansDisk. With frugal_instal.sh and myDSL, you can literally build a solid state DSL appliance.
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Posted: Aug. 02 2004,16:23 QUOTE
awesome.  

il probably get dsl on a 256 mb and take out the hard drive,  dsl is 48 mb, so i would have 80 mb for extra stuff, and if i need etra space, i can get another cf to put in right?  is there enough space to do this with on a laptop? if not, how much space is there?

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