[sf-lug] Ubuntu on a stick

jim jim at well.com
Tue Oct 4 16:38:24 PDT 2011



can we post it on the SF-LUG site, too? 



On Tue, 2011-10-04 at 15:53 -0700, Ken Shaffer wrote:
> The usb live setup is a small part of a much larger general usb stick
> writeup I have.  I'll send it to you
> and you can post the link back here.  I've been meaning to get it
> posted for at least a year, but always found things to change! 
> Ken
> 
> On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 1:38 PM, Michael Shiloh
> <michaelshiloh1010 at gmail.com> wrote:
>         Brilliant! So you have found a way to recycle what the average
>         consumer would consider too small and thus useless memory
>         cards. Bravo!
>         
>         Is there a writeup? I would post this to the MAKE blog.
>         
>         
>         On 10/04/2011 01:34 PM, Ken Shaffer wrote:
>         
>                 Hi Michael,
>                 These little penguins are just micro SD readers, sold
>                 by Cyberguys for
>                 0.99 in their clearance section -- they do turn up on
>                 Amazon with the
>                 right search too.  I put 2G micro SD cards into them,
>                 since they do not
>                 claim SDHC support, but the 4G micro SD card Bobbie
>                 gave me seems to
>                 read OK, haven't had time to try using it for
>                 anything.
>                   I do partition them into a FAT and ext2 partition,
>                 so I can label the
>                 ext2 partition "casper-rw" and have a writeable part.
>                  Also, change the
>                 heads=4, sectors/track=16, and move the start to 4M
>                 (and in the future
>                 will put the second partition at a 4M boundary too).
>                 Ken
>                 
>                 On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 10:27 AM, Michael Shiloh
>                 
>                 <michaelshiloh1010 at gmail.com
>                 <mailto:michaelshiloh1010 at gmail.com>> wrote:
>                 
>                    this sounds good. where can i buy one?
>                 
>                    is it basically the same as the Ubuntu USB Flash
>                 Drive from ZAReason
>                    (and other similar sources)?
>                 
>                 
>                    On 10/04/2011 10:14 AM, Ken Shaffer wrote:
>                 
>                        Hi Christian,
>                        How about a little rubber usb penguin which
>                 attaches to your phone?
>                        It's set up with Ubuntu 10.04 live media, boots
>                 up in 45
>                        seconds, and
>                        had about 600M ext2 writeable (and some FAT
>                 writeable too).  If
>                        you'd
>                        attended one of the last two SFUG meetings,
>                 you'd have one!
>                        Ken
>                 
>                        On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 5:24 PM, Christian
>                 Einfeldt
>                        <einfeldt at gmail.com <mailto:einfeldt at gmail.com>
>                 
>                        <mailto:einfeldt at gmail.com
>                 <mailto:einfeldt at gmail.com>>> wrote:
>                 
>                            hi,
>                 
>                            My employer has said I am going to be able
>                 to move my work
>                        computer
>                            to a dual-boot Linux and Microsoft
>                 Windows.  The machine is from
>                            2010 and has no CD-ROM, so I am going to
>                 have to boot off of
>                        a USB
>                            stick.  More precisely, I am planning to
>                 use my Android phone
>                            (Motorola Droid 3) as the USB stick.  Does
>                 that seem unwise to
>                            anyone?  I carry my Android phone with me
>                 everywhere, so I
>                        thought
>                            it would be nice to always have a Linux
>                 distro with me
>                        everywhere
>                            without having to carry a separate USB
>                 stick.  I plan to use
>                        Ububntu
>                            10.04, download it to the Microsoft Windows
>                 XP hard drive,
>                        and then
>                            move it to the Motorola Droid 3.  Thx in
>                 advance.
>                 
>                 
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