On Sat, Mar 22, 2014 at 7:27 PM, Peter Humphrey <pe...@prh.myzen.co.uk> wrote: > On Saturday 22 Mar 2014 18:42:46 Nilesh Govindrajan wrote: > > --->8 > >> What other distros are suited for this use case? > > I've installed that old favourite SysRescCD on a pen drive, following a method > I found on the Web to include a persistent file-system with all the extras I > wanted in, e.g., /usr/local/bin. > > It works well, except that I haven't found yet where to put all my aliases to > have them sourced at (auto) log-in. > > This distro is quite close to Gentoo, but not identical. > > -- > Regards > Peter > >
SystemRescueCD sounds like the best compromise, since its based on gentoo. You can add whatever it is you need. http://www.sysresccd.org/Sysresccd-manual-en_How_to_personalize_SystemRescueCd
