[TriLUG] Small Linux distro for a USB stick

[Robert Dale]

On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 4:45 PM, Rodney Radford <rradford at mindspring.com> wrote:
>
> I need a small bootable Linux distro I can install on a USB stick.  The main criteria is that it can handle a wide variety of client PCs as I will be using it as a maintenance system to allow access to a possibly dead/locked out PC.
>
> I am aware of DSL and have considered it, but it is actually much more than I need, including word processors, image paint programs, file servers, etc.  Unfortunately, there does not seem to be a way to easily configure it - short of installing it and then start whacking to remove what I don't need.  I may fall back on it, but I was wondering if anyone has any experience or knowledge of any other distros.
>
> The main goals are:
>    * support a wide range of hardware (I just need to be able to get to the PC's disks)
>    * small
>    * simple command line (server) system - no GUI required
>    * small
>    * installable on a USB stick


Not sure how small 'small' is these days considering you can get 2GB
sticks for $20 in the grocery stores...
But I use Fedora to create 'spins' using revisor.  Simply pick the
packages you want, install media, and presto - instant distro.  yum -y
install revisor-gui

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Robert Dale