Booting Linux from a USB thumb drive

[Blake Barnett]

On Oct 9, 2006, at 3:30 PM, Sean Kirkby wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I am looking for suggestions re: what distro to use to install on a  
> 2.0 GiB USB thumb drive.
>
> In addition to support for booting from the thumb drive on machines  
> with BIOS's that allow that, we also need to have a boot floppy  
> that can boot into an environment in which "/" is on the thumb drive.
>
> I have found lots of references to DSL and Knoppix, but the weak  
> instructions I've been able to find haven't worked so far...
>
> Any suggestions?

Tried this[1] guide?  (Requires a working Debian system prior to  
beginning the guide.)

He's also got an automated script[2], but I don't think it supports  
encryption like the guide outlines.

1. http://feraga.com/node/30
2. http://feraga.com/project/deb2flash

-Blake