[sf-lug] Ubuntu on a stick

Michael Shiloh michaelshiloh1010 at gmail.com
Tue Oct 4 16:43:59 PDT 2011


that would be the place to put the writeup, and then i'll bring it to 
the attention of the make bloggers

On 10/04/2011 04:38 PM, jim wrote:
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> can we post it on the SF-LUG site, too?
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> 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.
>>
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>>          On 10/04/2011 01:34 PM, Ken Shaffer wrote:
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>>                  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:
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>>                     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)?
>>
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>>                     On 10/04/2011 10:14 AM, Ken Shaffer wrote:
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>>                         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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