[mdlug] Suggestions for flash-drive Linux?

[Aaron Kulkis]

Ingles, Raymond wrote:
>  My aunt was in town yesterday and we exhcanged gifts last night. Mine was a
> 2GB flash drive. I'd like to experiment with a flash-based, bootable Linux
> distro.
> 

I found that for the same $$, a 2.5 inch laptop drive in a USB adapter
is quite nifty ;-)

>  What have y'all found out about such things? What's a good place to start,
> what kind of experience do people have with them? In practice, what works
> better - all on flash, or a combination of a bootable CD/DVD and a flash
> drive as a home directory?

Well, I've found that you DEFINITELY need the usbcore module compiled INTO
the kernel... you can't load a module which is needed for loading modules ;-/