DSL on USB Flash Drive

satimis · 02-02-2006, 02:24 AM

Hi folks,

Please advise;

1) Can DSL be installed and run on USB Flash drive, If YES, any manual/instruction available

2) If YES to Q1 above
2a) Can USB Flash drive be partitioned, applying Partition-1 for DSL on USB and Partition-2 for storage

2b) If YES to 2a) above
Can partition-1 be protected to be edited only by Root/Adminstrator.

2c) If for those old PCs without boot on USB can boot floppy be created for booting purpose to run DSL on USB

3) What are;
frugal and USB-frugal

TIA

B.R.
satimis

oneandoneis2 · 02-02-2006, 02:54 AM

1) Yes, look for embedded DSL

2a-c) Yes

3) "Frugal.iso (minimal) install is basically the equivalent to running the CD compressed image on a hard drive partition (a Knoppix poorman's install) except it's booted with the lilo bootloader by default. You also have the ability to assign boot time options and automate backup restore. For memory savings, there is the option to have a persistent /home and /opt directory on a partition. This is a way to run a practically bulletproof system. It also lends itself to simple upgrades. There is different flavours: lite, grub and usb."

satimis · 02-02-2006, 05:43 AM

Hi oneandoneis2,

Tks for your advice.

Quote:

1) Yes, look for embedded DSL

Whether following package
dsl-2.1b-embedded.zip 51359 KB 01/11/06 00:46:00
dsl-2.1b-embedded.zip.md5.txt 1 KB 01/11/06 00:46:00
on following site;
ftp://ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distribu...small/current/

Where can I find the installation manual?

Quote:

2a-c) Yes

Are the partitioning steps similar to partitioning HD including filesystem created? If NO, any pointer? TIA

Quote:

3) "Frugal.iso (minimal) install is basically the equivalent to running the CD compressed image on a hard drive partition (a Knoppix poorman's install) except it's booted with the lilo bootloader by default. You also have the ability to assign boot time options and automate backup restore. For memory savings, there is the option to have a persistent /home and /opt directory on a partition. This is a way to run a practically bulletproof system. It also lends itself to simple upgrades. There is different flavours: lite, grub and usb."

Noted with tks. Any documentation?

B.R.
satimis

satinet · 02-09-2006, 11:02 AM

no dont look for the embeded version. sigh.

the instructions on the website are clear.

download the normal iso. burn to cd. reboot using this cd. then select the option to install to usb-hdd or usb-zip.

satinet · 02-09-2006, 11:03 AM

double sigh

http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/wiki/i...SB_Pendrive.3F

quote:

note that it is not possible to do a USB install, or any other kind of install from a DSL Embedded system.

i guess reading the FAQ on the dsl HOMEPAGE is a bit tricky...

sorry, i am being bad tempered.

hope this helps :-D

oneandoneis2 · 02-09-2006, 04:00 PM

I interpreted "Can DSL be installed and run on USB Flash drive" to mean he wants to run it rather than boot it - which is how I mostly use DSL from my USB drive, courtesy of an embedded download.

The joy of ambiguity, eh?

satinet · 02-09-2006, 04:05 PM

sorry, i was rude.

well, thats how to install it to boot from a usb drive anyway.

satimis · 02-09-2006, 07:00 PM

Hi folks,

Your advice noted with tks.

B.R.
satimis

satinet · 02-10-2006, 07:12 AM

btw, i think the usb key installed whacks out any partitons on the usb drive.

however, you might be able to re-partition in post install. not tried myself...