I was thinking about trying this. Trying to install a Linux Operating system to a 8 GB USB Memory. Will it work? I want to Boot from a CD rom and then install to the USB Memory. I don’t like running a live CD all the time and I think it will be much faster and will also free up my CD rom. It would also be great because if it worked I could also get upgrades wear as a Live CD is limited to certain things.
I don’t want to turn of an hp laptop with1gb memory hooked up to an ac adapter, since it has no hard drive and must run from a live CD, and i already have the configuration I want (in case you’re wondering, it’s Linux Mint Daryna). But I don’t know if overheating would be cause for alarm. I’m not talking about a few hours. I’m talking about a few days (maybe tonight, tomorrow, tomorrow night, and maybe the next day). But if it’s a bad idea to even leave it running overnight, then I kind of don’t want to to do that.
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I have an old computer with Pentium II 400MHz, 254MB RAM (two 128 MB DDR1 133MHz memory sticks). The max hard drive I can use is 20GB. I have been using Win95 for the longest time and only switched to Vista about a year ago. I have some experience with java programing and doing most windows tasks but I’ll admit that I never worked with DOS or command prompts before (except perhaps when formating but that’s not complicated)
I was interested in switching to Linux but I’m overwhelmed with options.
I need an OS capable of running Firefox (or a browser capable of loading java applets), Open Office (I am not interested in word editors only but I need to make presentations as well so just using Abiword is not enough) and if need be some mp3s (not so much but it would be nice).
I’ve tried PuppyLinux which is light but I wanted something more powerful yet not to demanding on resources.
Last point is that I would like to be able to run the OS as a live CD before installing it.
Thanks.
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My computer doesnt have enough memory to run the live CD, is there anyway to just install it to the hard drive without previewing the linux via the live cd… i cannot download the alternate cd, it took way too long just to download the desktop cd…. could i perhaps use a usb pen drive to boost the system’s memory or something?
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I want to experiment Linux with my old laptop (memory upgraded to 128MB). What is the best linux distro for it besides DSL?
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