On 8/19/2011 9:14 AM, J wrote: > > At a guess, live CD is a misnomer... probably more like a live > environment on a USB key... Ubuntu does that (and so do many other > distros) when run from USB storage. > > But that's just a guess and how this is being accomplished with Puppy... >
I ran Puppy from the CD, and had a USB thumb drive plugged in. Puppy offers an option where it can create a storage space on a hard drive, USB thumb drive or other device with a filing system. Pretty handy. I also ran Ubuntu from a USB thumb drive. A friend of mine had the HD in his netbook die. I plugged in the Ubuntu thumb drive, a Linux compatible USB wifi thumb drive, and a third USB thumb drive with a file system on it, and voila`, the formerly dead netbook had a new life. I don't know how long the USB thumb drive will last... I understand that those USB thumb drives don't last past a limited number of reads before they die, but so far, it's running fine, three month and counting. -- http://www.robertwittig.com/ http://robertwittig.net/ http://robertwittig.org/ . ------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from this list, please email [email protected] & you will be removed.Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
