On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 4:06 PM, Miles Fidelman <mfidel...@meetinghouse.net> wrote: > Tom H wrote: >> On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 1:12 PM, Miles Fidelman >> <mfidel...@meetinghouse.net> wrote: >>> Tom H wrote: >>>> On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 9:32 PM, Miles Fidelman >>>> <mfidel...@meetinghouse.net> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Come to think of it, that's a good point - and even relevant to Linux >>>>> advocacy. I don't think I've ever seen a live CD for either Windows or >>>>> MacOS (well, the install DVD sort of is, but...). And I sure as heck >>>>> don't >>>>> think you can get Windows or MacOS to run off a USB stick. On the other >>>>> hand, I CAN carry a full copy of Linux (or BSD) on my keyring - for >>>>> some >>>>> applications that's kind of useful. >>>> >>>> You can boot OS X from a USB stick! >>> >>> Really? Can you point me at build directions? >> >> It's so simple, I doubt that there's any howto anywhere. >> >> You just point the OS X installer to the USB disk! > > Doooh (sound of hand slapping head)..... that makes sense. > > Of course we're talking a pretty big USB disk; probably at the high end of > what you can do with a solid state keychain USB stick. Also, still tied to > Mac hardware. Probably can't, for example, walk into a library and boot one > of the machines from MacOnUSB, the way you can from a small live version of > Linux.
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