Re: [SLUG] 50MB distro that boots from USB?

From: Eben King (eben1@tampabay.rr.com)
Date: Wed Dec 10 2003 - 17:44:30 EST


On Wed, 10 Dec 2003, Ben Ostrowsky wrote:

> Eric Jahn wrote:
> > this looks easy, but I think need a 128 MB key:
> > http://www.mandrakesoft.com/products/mandrakemove
>
> Close, but that boots from CD and uses a USB key to retrieve preferences --
> just as Knoppix does with a hard drive and might could do with a USB drive, too.
>
> I'm looking for something that would let me plug in the USB key and hit the
> reset button. I don't even have any specific mischief in mind -- I just
> want to show my colleagues that it's not enough to lock the CD drive.

Many BIOSes won't boot from USB.

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