Re: Making a Debian Bootable USB Pen Drive

2006-10-04 Thread Robert Epprecht
Grok Mogger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > And also, has anyone ever had a usb flash drive actually wear out? I'm > somewhat skeptical that having your OS entirely on a flash-drive would > really ruin it. Of course, I've never tried it. But I don't think I've > ever heard anyone mention that the

RE: Making a Debian Bootable USB Pen Drive

2006-10-03 Thread Grok Mogger
06 1:35 PM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Making a Debian Bootable USB Pen Drive On Tue, Oct 03, 2006 at 07:33:23AM -0700, Ottavio Caruso wrote: > Nuno Miguel dos Santos Baeta wrote: > > > Hi! > > > > I want to install Debian in a USB pen drive. > > Don&#

Re: Making a Debian Bootable USB Pen Drive

2006-10-03 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Tue, Oct 03, 2006 at 12:49:46PM -0500, Mike McCarty wrote: > Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > >On Tue, Oct 03, 2006 at 07:33:23AM -0700, Ottavio Caruso wrote: > > > >>Nuno Miguel dos Santos Baeta wrote: > >> > >> > >>>Hi! > >>> > >>>I want to install Debian in a USB pen drive. > >> > >>Don't! Not

Re: Making a Debian Bootable USB Pen Drive

2006-10-03 Thread Mike McCarty
Andrew Sackville-West wrote: On Tue, Oct 03, 2006 at 07:33:23AM -0700, Ottavio Caruso wrote: Nuno Miguel dos Santos Baeta wrote: Hi! I want to install Debian in a USB pen drive. Don't! Nothing should be installed on a flash drive. A traditional install was meant for hard drives, not flas

Re: Making a Debian Bootable USB Pen Drive

2006-10-03 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Tue, Oct 03, 2006 at 07:33:23AM -0700, Ottavio Caruso wrote: > Nuno Miguel dos Santos Baeta wrote: > > > Hi! > > > > I want to install Debian in a USB pen drive. > > Don't! Nothing should be installed on a flash drive. A traditional > install was meant for hard drives, not flash drives. Brow

Re: Making a Debian Bootable USB Pen Drive

2006-10-03 Thread Ottavio Caruso
Nuno Miguel dos Santos Baeta wrote: > Hi! > > I want to install Debian in a USB pen drive. Don't! Nothing should be installed on a flash drive. A traditional install was meant for hard drives, not flash drives. Browser cache, /tmp, syslog and so on will damage the device. If you want to run a

RE: Making a Debian Bootable USB Pen Drive

2006-10-02 Thread David Christensen
Nuno Miguel dos Santos Baeta wrote: > I want to install Debian in a USB pen drive. Beware that you can't install an operating system on all USB flash drives. I have a 128 MB model that seems to have a ROM boot sector (?). I don't know all the gory details, but the bottom line is that it works on

Re: Making a Debian Bootable USB Pen Drive

2006-10-02 Thread HernĂ¡n Freschi
Mladen Adamovic wrote: > 3. USB drives are nowadays at least at my place so cheap, like 2GB for 50 eur and that will be enough... > Gmail AdSense suggested this: 1GB USB Flash Drive $16 - www.[nospamheheheeh].com - Wholesale USB flash drives 2GB USB Flash Drive $20, 4GB $33 I guess their h

Re: Making a Debian Bootable USB Pen Drive

2006-10-02 Thread hendrik
On Mon, Oct 02, 2006 at 07:06:16PM +0100, Nuno Miguel dos Santos Baeta wrote: > Hi! > > I want to install Debian in a USB pen drive. Over my shoulder, I hear the words, "Make sure he doesn't put his swap file on the pen drive. That would be very bad for the pen drove." -- hendrik -- To UNSU

Re: Making a Debian Bootable USB Pen Drive

2006-10-02 Thread Mladen Adamovic
1. for minimal system 400MB should be enough IMHO 2. for X depends what you choose as applications. 3. USB drives are nowadays at least at my place so cheap, like 2GB for 50 eur and that will be enough... Nuno Miguel dos Santos Baeta wrote: Hi! I want to install Debian in a USB pen drive. M

Making a Debian Bootable USB Pen Drive

2006-10-02 Thread Nuno Miguel dos Santos Baeta
Hi! I want to install Debian in a USB pen drive. My first problem is, how big should the pen drive be according to the following options: 1st option. Minimal system with some networking tools. 2nd option. 1st option + X with FVWM. Thanks! PS - There is only one reason for me to post this q