[Novalug] Linux Live CD question

rarob@comcast.net rarob@comcast.net
Wed Jan 23 17:35:45 EST 2008


YellowDogLinux I think could do this.  I know they had external drive boot support for
USB/FireWire a while back.  Might need to use an older version (YDL4).  Checkout
www.yellowdoglinux.com for info. 

Rob

 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: "Tester Tester" <testert555@gmail.com>
> All,
> I have a junked G4 Powerbook that has been stripped of most functional
> parts.  I was thinking of systematically putting it back together to run
> Linux.  At this point, I don't know what is and is not running.
> 
> It has no hard drive or cd drive.  Is it possible to load a distro to a
> thumb drive and run off that?
> What kind of life expectancy can I expect to get from a thumb drive?  I know
> a thumb drive has a limited number of writes, but other then the image, I'm
> not writing to it,  am I?  I'm not looking to make it a work horse.  This
> more an exercise in resurrecting a dead laptop.
> 
> CTM


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