Joe: On Wed, 27 Apr 2016 19:05:26 +0100, you wrote:
>The most versatile system that I know of is Debian-based Knoppix, but >the development effort goes into hardware detection and driving, with >the result that it is not maintainable. It is installable to a hard >drive, but you throw it away and install the next version when that >becomes available, there is no carefully-designed upgrade path as with >straight Debian. Either I'm smarter than I think (LOL), or you're psychic. I looked at Knoppix earlier this morning. I didn't know about the throwaway aspect of it, though, so that is now out the window and I'm back to straight Debian, from which I probably should not have strayed in the first place. >So I don't think it's possible to make a long-term boot-anywhere >installation, but a 32-bit all-drivers Debian goes a long way towards >the goal. Right. That's what I'll do. I'm using it primarily for backup and restore, so it's going to be really slimmed down. As long as it talks (with Speakup) and I can put IFL on it, I'm happy. I've tried it before with other distros such as Arch Linux but wasn't happy with the results. Do you still think I should go the mech drive route and not put it on a USB key?