Try installing Monte Vista http://www.mvista.com/ on the usb stick. It will be a lot cleaner than taking a standard server distribution of linux and stripping out all the unwanted kernel modules.
Monte Vista is an embedded linux that should be able to boot your server off a 128mb usb stick with Asterisk installed. You should probably strip asterisk down to the bare essentials for your project as well. You should be aware that flash memory is generally not the best medium to store data when you have a high number of read/writes. Flash memory will fail much more quickly under these conditions. You might want to consider using a usb microdrive instead of a flash stick. Pick a microdrive that generates as little heat as possible. BTW, what exactly is the motivation for running linux off of a usb stick? If you would like cdr's, you could likely do so with ngrep and a perl script. Good luck, SG -------------------------------------------------- Salvatore Giudice [EMAIL PROTECTED] VoIP Security Training, LLC http://VoIPSecurityTraining.com 848 N. Rainbow Blvd. #1676 Las Vegas, NV 89107 Phone: (702) 979-2906 Fax: (212) 279-2906 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Matthew Rubenstein Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2007 9:08 AM To: Asterisk-Users Subject: On Topic: Cheapest Asterisk USB Key? (was: Re: [asterisk-users] Off Topic: Open Source USB Softphone) Here's a flipside of this subject: what is the absolute cheapest Linux device that can be connected to a PC's USB port? That has just enough power for a minimal Asterisk server running on it. The Asterisk just maintains a CDR database on its Flash memory, which it periodically submits over the PC's network connection with an HTTP hit on a remote full-service Asterisk server? No call handling, DSP or anything really number crunching, no telephony terminal or other services. The lowest-performance device that plugs into the USB, with its own Linux instance. In OEM quantity, under $50? Under $100? On Sun, 2007-04-01 at 02:51 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2007 16:02:06 -0500 > From: "Mike Lynchfield" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Off Topic: Open Source USB Softphone > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], "Asterisk Users Mailing List - > Non-Commercial > Discussion" <asterisk-users@lists.digium.com> > Message-ID: > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > sip would be the required one as iax..well.. > > also openwengo wont work.. to much overhead .. broswrer needed.. ie > component + flash + css+js etc.. not viable.. > > so im also asking anyone have one ? since ihave a supply of around > 2000 of > the vonage usb stick OEM.. > > On 3/30/07, Michael Van Donselaar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > Which USB Phone? I have written custom versions of iaxcomm for > various > > people, > > and have a version that works with the Yealink phone. > > > > On Thu, 29 Mar 2007 11:33:07 -0300, "Luis Claudio Santos" < > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > >I need a softphone - for usb phone devices - that I can alter > (insert > > logo, > > >menu, etc). > > > > > >Does somebody know such one? > > > > > >[]s > > > > _______________________________________________ > > --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- > > > > asterisk-users mailing list > > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > > > > > > -- > Mike > Sales Manager > http://www.voicemeup.com > Making it happen > 1.877.807.VOIP (8647) > 1.514.312.7030 -- (C) Matthew Rubenstein _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users