[TriLUG] best flash-based linux?

[Brian Phelps]

I wrote an article / blog post about this using Debian and a custom
initrd script:
http://electronjunkie.wordpress.com/2007/10/11/31/

It is best to use some type of RO flash file system unless you have
unlimited amount of RAM or a really tiny distro and can load the whole
FS into RAM.

If you don't use squashfs, just pass the name of your custom file
system mounting script to the kernel cmd line. I recommend using
unionfs and tempfs in your script though.

On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 10:38 AM, Robert Dale <robdale at gmail.com> wrote:
> Sounds like you have the resources to run just about anything you
> want.  LiveCDs would be a good fit, but you could run any regular
> distribution and make some minor optimizations.  That would give you
> the most freedom until you figure out exactly what you need.
>
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> Robert Dale
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> On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 10:24 AM, Greg Brown <gwbrown1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> My boxes also have a ram slots instead of soldered on-board RAM so I could
>> run R/W Linux with /tmp going to the ram disk.
>>
>> On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 9:49 AM, Greg Brown <gwbrown1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I'd prefer RO, but it's not critical.  I have a 1 gig drive so there
>>> *should* be plenty of room.  The smaller the better though I really don't
>>> care if I have to run a big flash drive.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 9:47 AM, Robert Dale <robdale at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 9:42 AM, Greg Brown <gwbrown1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> > What's the best PC compatible flash-based, small linux these days?  I
>>>> just
>>>> > want to boot up to a regular Linux prompt.  My single board computers
>>>> have
>>>> > VGA out as well as USB inputs.   Suggestions?
>>>>
>>>> How much flash?  Does it need to be rw, or ro?
>>>>
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