[TriLUG] best flash-based linux?

[Tim Jowers]

Jym Zavada did something with this too. I think he took DSL for the drivers
and then loaded a custom buiI guess he's still around.
http://www.trilug.org/node/30

Tim


On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 10:38 AM, Robert Dale <robdale at gmail.com> wrote:

> Sounds like you have the resources to run just about anything you
> want.  LiveCDs would be a good fit, but you could run any regular
> distribution and make some minor optimizations.  That would give you
> the most freedom until you figure out exactly what you need.
>
> --
> Robert Dale
>
> On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 10:24 AM, Greg Brown <gwbrown1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > My boxes also have a ram slots instead of soldered on-board RAM so I
> could
> > run R/W Linux with /tmp going to the ram disk.
> >
> > On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 9:49 AM, Greg Brown <gwbrown1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> I'd prefer RO, but it's not critical.  I have a 1 gig drive so there
> >> *should* be plenty of room.  The smaller the better though I really
> don't
> >> care if I have to run a big flash drive.
> >>
> >>
> >> On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 9:47 AM, Robert Dale <robdale at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>> On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 9:42 AM, Greg Brown <gwbrown1 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>> > What's the best PC compatible flash-based, small linux these days?  I
> >>> just
> >>> > want to boot up to a regular Linux prompt.  My single board computers
> >>> have
> >>> > VGA out as well as USB inputs.   Suggestions?
> >>>
> >>> How much flash?  Does it need to be rw, or ro?
> >>>
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