fc4 on memory stick

[Lonni J Friedman]

On 10/9/06, Grumpy_Penguin <grumpypenguin at qwest.net> wrote:
> On Monday 09 October 2006 10:42 am, Mike Wright wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Spent all yesterday searching google and experimenting but couldn't find
> > what I was looking for.
> >
> > Sometime ago I bought a 1G memory stick for $20US and managed to
> > repartition and reformat it and copy enough FC4 onto it to have a
> > bootable device, basically turning a USB memory stick into a USB drive.
> > It has proven very useful as a recovery tool and as a network debugger.
> >
> > I'm pretty sure it was done with instructions from a link I found on
> > this list.  The instructions were very good, covering everything from
> > the MBR to the making of a USB capable initrd.  Unfortunately, I haven't
> > a clue where to find it again.
> >
> > Anybody remember seeing this link or know where it can be found?
> >
> > Thanks for any help,
> > Mike Wright  :m)
> Why do it the hard way? jst put a bootable version of DSL [only 50Mb]linux on
> a 128 Mb stick and use that
> http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/download.html

Maybe because:
0) DSL != FC
1) DSL has alot of limitations (especially in the number of available packages)

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