Re: Computer onna stick
- From: "Thundercleets" <thundercleets@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: 1 Nov 2005 12:21:10 -0800
Jamaca Linux used to have a single floppy boot and it was geared
towards turning a PC into a router or web server.
TMT
Gregory Weston wrote:
> In article <cAy9f.30095$_31.22009@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> TheLetterK <theletterk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Ian O wrote:
> > > Intriguing little goodie available only for x86 owners...
> > >
> > > http://www.fingergear.com/computer_on_a_stick.php
> > >
> > > Then again, could some subset of OSX be shoehorned into a USB pen drive,
> > > along with email, wp and browser?
> >
> > Possibly. I know OS X will boot off external media, though I don't know
> > if it would fit on current key drives.
>
> OS X will not boot from a USB device. There are USB-bootable Macs, but
> to actually achieve it takes Mac OS 9.
>
> I saw a functional OS distribution on a floppy in the Pentium II era. In
> 1.4MB you got at least a bootable OS with GUI, printing support, web
> browser and text editor.
>
> --
> Goal 2005: Convincing James Hetfield to cover the Strawberry Shortcake
> "Are You Berry Berry Happy?" song.
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