[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
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>> On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 10:27 AM, Michael Shiloh
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>> <michaelshiloh1010 at gmail.com
>> <mailto:michaelshiloh1010 at gmail.com>> wrote:
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>> this sounds good. where can i buy one?
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>> 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
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>> On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 5:24 PM, Christian
>> Einfeldt
>> <einfeldt at gmail.com<mailto:einfeldt at gmail.com>
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>> <mailto:einfeldt at gmail.com
>> <mailto:einfeldt at gmail.com>>> wrote:
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>> 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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