[Novalug] Re: Linux Live CD question

[Roger W. Broseus]

You might give Darn Small Linux (DSL) a try:

http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/index.html

http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/dsl-n/f/viewtopic/85.html

I just installed it with a nice graphical interface and it used 157 MB 
of HD space. A thumb-drive install would likely use less. I wouldn't 
worry about limited read/write cycles: the controllers for such drives 
spread the writes out using an algorithm that protects against problems 
and the drives are expected to last a long time.

/roger

Roger W. Broseus - Linux User
    Email: RogerB at bronord.com
    Web Site: www.bronord.com

Message: 9
Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2008 16:55:27 -0500
From: "Tester Tester" <testert555 at gmail.com>
Subject: [Novalug] Linux Live CD question
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All,
I have a junked G4 Powerbook that has been stripped of most functional
parts.  I was thinking of systematically putting it back together to run
Linux.  At this point, I don't know what is and is not running.

It has no hard drive or cd drive.  Is it possible to load a distro to a
thumb drive and run off that?
What kind of life expectancy can I expect to get from a thumb drive?  I know
a thumb drive has a limited number of writes, but other then the image, I'm
not writing to it,  am I?  I'm not looking to make it a work horse.  This
more an exercise in resurrecting a dead laptop.

CTM