On Sat, 2004-12-04 at 15:56 -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > On Sun, 2004-12-05 at 00:50 +0000, Jean-Michel Hiver wrote: > > Johnson, Chad wrote: [snip] > > Actually I would be interested in knowing how to do this too. What I > > would want to do is install a minimal debian system on 1gb flash usb 2 > > with maybe 1gb memory (to avoid swapping on flash...). Coupled with a > > low power / underclocked CPU, you could make very robust, fanless and > > noiseless workstations with no mechanical parts in them... > > There are ways to make bootable thumbdrives, so I'm sure that you > could do the same with a flash drive. > > In fact, when Googling for "linux boot usb drive", the first two > entries are: > http://www.simonf.com/usb/ > http://featherlinux.berlios.de/usb-instructions.htm
In fact, as usual, apt-cache is your friend...
$ apt-cache search boot usb
devfsd - Daemon for the device file system
lg-issue63 - Issue 63 of the Linux Gazette.
mkinitrd-cd - Creates an initrd image for booting from a live
CD-ROM or USB device
mkinitrd-cd looks to be exactly what you need.
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