The Quiet OS
Not to mention compact
Monday, March 21, 2005 by Shotgun989 | Discussion: Personal Computing
Does anyone have the skinny on a good operating system for PC that runs exclusively from ram or from a flash disk? This could be great for my laptop because battery time is precious, and craptastic when that harddrive gets-a-movin'. 
Shotgun989
Reply #2 Monday, March 21, 2005 10:21 PM
Reply #2 Monday, March 21, 2005 10:21 PM
I lean on the cheap side, so buying a 128mb boot drive when I have a 256 key at home makes no sense to me. I have heard that there are ways to roll your own usb boot from live cd distros. Anything on that?
tjesterb
Reply #3 Monday, March 21, 2005 11:08 PM
Reply #3 Monday, March 21, 2005 11:08 PM
Uhm, maybe I'm missing something, but if it will fit on a 128MB drive, don't you think it might fit on one twice that size? 
Jafo
Reply #4 Tuesday, March 22, 2005 12:13 AM
Reply #4 Tuesday, March 22, 2005 12:13 AM
Citizen Shotgun989 ...DSL fits on a mini CD....max size 50 meg....I have it on a standard CD...cost...about 30 cents....can't get much cheaper/easier than that...
Shotgun989
Reply #5 Tuesday, March 22, 2005 8:58 AM
Reply #5 Tuesday, March 22, 2005 8:58 AM
Size is no problem for me. I have no worries about this thing fitting. The booting is the part that worries me. I have used DSL from CD and it works fine. But being the nerd that I am, being able to have that little USB bootable Linux just makes my day. 
I have heard that the process involves loading the kernel on to the disk and then making it some files to boot from. Noobed again. 
I have heard that the process involves loading the kernel on to the disk and then making it some files to boot from. Noobed again. 
Jafo
Reply #6 Tuesday, March 22, 2005 5:58 PM
Reply #6 Tuesday, March 22, 2005 5:58 PM
I would have thought that getting a system to boot from a USB source just requires that to be set in preferences in your Bios....otherwise the hardware will attempt to boot from your primary HD anyway.
Booting from a CD requires that set as first preference ahead of 'C'....the same will apply with an USB device....
Tominated
Reply #7 Tuesday, March 22, 2005 7:43 PM
Reply #7 Tuesday, March 22, 2005 7:43 PM
damn small linux is awsome! i run it from a cd, can't find where it says anything about flash disks in my bios.
tjesterb
Reply #8 Tuesday, March 22, 2005 8:51 PM
Reply #8 Tuesday, March 22, 2005 8:51 PM
It won't say "Flash Drive". Depending on your BIOS it may say "USB Device" or "External Device" Set that as the first boot device and you should be good to go.
Shotgun989
Reply #9 Tuesday, March 22, 2005 9:46 PM
Reply #9 Tuesday, March 22, 2005 9:46 PM
I'll give that a whack. Who know? It might just work.
Tominated
Reply #10 Sunday, March 27, 2005 9:27 PM
Reply #10 Sunday, March 27, 2005 9:27 PM
I forgot to mention, i found an awsome os that fits on a single floppy! it is called menuetOS. i just can't set it up properly, google it to find it.
Tominated
Reply #11 Sunday, March 27, 2005 9:30 PM
Reply #11 Sunday, March 27, 2005 9:30 PM
U can put DSL on a flash drive by going into the menu and going into apps, and then you have to snoop around to find an option to put it on a flash drive. but you first have to mount your drive as writable.
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Reply #1 Monday, March 21, 2005 7:19 PM
Jafo recommends this one a lot. Haven't tried it myself yet.