> >
> > Mandriva also have a commercial version
> > http://www.mandriva.com/enterprise/en/company/press/new-2008-mandriva-flash-4gb-released-today
> >
> > I remember seeing a site with build tools to make something similar oneself but i forgot what it was called.
> >
> > --
> > Morgan Olsson
>
>
> Puppy Linux will do the same sort of thing (as will DSL I think).
>
> RP
>

actually any "live" linux CD can be used to boot from USB stick, you
just need a little (really) additional work, like formatting it, and
installing a bootloader. Linux compressed image is the same, just
bootloader must know what to do with it.
For bootloader usually syslinux is used, because people like to leave
fat filesystem on usb stick; I like ext2/ext3 better, for which there
is extlinux bootloader from the same (syslinux) package. Much better
is ordinary GRUB which can work with any type of filesystem.
There are lots of info on the web on this topic, for example, here:
http://www.pendrivelinux.com/


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