[TriLUG] usb boot a storage server

[David Brain]

How about Gentoo

http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Small_Footprint_Gentoo_on_USB

Plenty of room for tweaking there (-:

Actually  I've no  tried making a usb version, but I have made a few
custom boot CDs (based on both Gentoo & Slackware) - and it isn't all
that hard, just a matter of remastering the image with whatever config
tweaks you need in place  (or pull them down from a web server, mount
over nfs etc..etc..).  A CD image might not be a bad place to start
for a flash image as (obviously) they can't be writing to the media.

David.

On 6/2/06, Jason Tower <jason at cerient.net> wrote:
> perhaps i didn't explain.  a regular distro doesn't make special provisions
> to accomodate frequently written files (like in /var) which will eventually
> kill flash memory.  and live distros aren't generally designed to have
> services and other system configs tweaked to run a specific way, at least
> not that i'm aware.  what i need is something that can be easily configured
> like a regular distro but runs more or less read only like a live distro,
> perhaps with /var mounted in a ramdisk or something.
>
> jason
>
> Jason Faulkner wrote:
> > You should be able to fit a debian server easily inside a 512mb USB key.
> >
> > --Jay
> >
> > On 6/2/06, Jason Tower <jason at cerient.net> wrote:
> >
> >> i just ordered an inexpensive 1u server w/ 4x sata slots to be used as a
> >> backup storage server.  assuming it will boot from a usb device i'd
> >> like to
> >> set it up to boot linux via a smallish thumb drive, then create a four
> >> disk
> >> software raid device, mount it as /archive, and make it available via
> >> samba,
> >> nfs, and sshfs.
> >>
> >> has anyone ever done a setup like this before, or have a suggestion for
> >> setting up the usb OS?
> >>
> >> jason
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