Mr. Warfield:<br><br>When do you propose to give that talk and is it at Central or Atlanta NW ?<br><br>-Narahari<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Sep 30, 2012 at 1:13 PM, Michael H. Warfield <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mhw@wittsend.com" target="_blank">mhw@wittsend.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Wow... And I'm suppose to give a talk on my "multiboot" keys sooner or<br>
later... Reminder to self...<br>
<br>
Yeah, I've done this... I have a pair of 64G USB keys (always have a<br>
backup if you are going to do this). It's a multiboot key using a<br>
custom rolled grub2 configuration (which would be what my talk would be<br>
about)...<br>
<br>
What's on that key (in order)...<br>
<br>
* Boot Images for my encrypted laptop (3 most recent kernel images).<br>
<br>
* Chainloaders to drive 1 and 2 of the system.<br>
<br>
* OpenClient (and IBM customized RHEL image) run live and testdrive<br>
images...<br>
<br>
* CentOS 6 desktop run live.<br>
<br>
* Fedora 15, 16, and 17 Desktop run lives for i686 and x86_64.<br>
<br>
* Network Security Toolkit 2.16 (various configurations).<br>
<br>
* Parted Magic.<br>
<br>
* Ubuntu<br>
<br>
* Backtrack (another forensic related distro).<br>
<br>
* TinyCore (minimalist busybox based distro).<br>
<br>
All totaled, probably a couple dozen menu entries including sub-menus<br>
and what not.<br>
<br>
Takes a little over 1/2 of that 64G key including persistent image store<br>
and a common encrypted home directory.<br>
<br>
Why? It's my Swiss Army Knife. I can (have to) boot my totally<br>
encrypted laptop from the key. No key - no boot. End of discussion.<br>
In addition, I can walk up to any computer and boot the computer from<br>
any one of my boot selections and have a run live for demonstration or<br>
for forensic purposes.<br>
<br>
It's actually pretty easy to install a run-live to a USB key with a<br>
persistent store for updates and a home partition for use. We typically<br>
refer to these as a "Computer On A Stick". Building a multiboot that<br>
works like that (ESPECIALLY if you have a common home) is a lot tricker<br>
but grub2 makes it easier than syslinux or the old grub.<br>
<br>
Regards,<br>
Mike<br>
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On Sun, 2012-09-30 at 10:02 -0400, Narahari 'n' Savitha wrote:<br>
> Friends:<br>
><br>
> I want to install Linux on to a flash drive.<br>
><br>
> Has anyone in the ALE family done this ?<br>
><br>
> When I install Linux on to a Flash drive, does it mean that I can take it<br>
> from machine to machine or is it specific to the hardware that I installed<br>
> for ?<br>
><br>
> What about taking the flash drive out and plugging it back to the same<br>
> machine, that should be doable right ? I am trying to use this as an<br>
> alternate os at work on the same hardware.<br>
><br>
> What is the diff between installing the OS on a Flash drive vs running Live<br>
> CD (Puppy or Linux Mint that saves data) ?<br>
><br>
> My Flash drive is 2GB and I am not sure if Arch can be installed there with<br>
> XFace.<br>
><br>
> Is it feasible to do so ?<br>
><br>
> I would like all kinds of comments to help out.<br>
><br>
> -Narahari<br>
><br>
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