Comments on: SLAX on USB Drive

By: ali

ali — Sat, 22 May 2010 11:02:09 +0000

According to above method the following error arise although the target file available in the destination

[code] Flushing filesystem buffers, this may take a while...
Setting up MBR on /dev/sdb...
./bootinst.sh: line 53: ./boot/syslinux/lilo: No such file or directory
[/code]

By: ghoos

ghoos — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 07:38:36 +0000

how to install slax in cd to hardis and windows in partition ntfs and how to multi boot????????????
tanks,,,,,,,,,,,!!!!

By: Phil

Phil — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 11:33:14 +0000

This is a most informative post; thanks for writing it. If anyone wants to see a multiboot system up and running, then follow my URL. SLAX and Knoppix run nicely on a USB drive with GRUB.

By: dennyhalim

dennyhalim — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 02:36:29 +0000

please expand the guide to include multi linux (puppy + slax + dsl) in one single usb drive.

By: Abe

Abe — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 17:47:20 +0000

Until better USB flash drives are available, use a combination of USB flash to boot and USB HD to write your hearts content.

By: Crank

Crank — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 14:57:05 +0000

USB flash drives still have limited number of erase/write cycles.

By: ArcherB

ArcherB — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 03:52:52 +0000

I’ve run these before, and they run great. What I would like to see, however, is the exact same thing, minus the squash file system. With 8, 16 and 32 GB flash drives, I don’t understand why we still need squashfs. Not only is it non-writable, but it takes up a ton of RAM as everything that is uncompressed must reside in RAM. I want a fully functional linux system on a non compressed file system with full write capabilities booting of a USB flash device. Squashfs was necessary and not a problem when booting off CD because CD’s are not writable anyway. That time has passed. With flash drives as big as they are, I can see no reason why this can’t be done.

THAT is what I’m waiting for. I’d do it myself, but right now, I don’t have the time or talent to make it happen.

By: Dave

Dave — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 18:02:49 +0000

Hey, great article. I’ve used Slax on CD for awhile now but have been looking for a distro to run off a USB drive. I’m thinking I’ll have to try Pentoo.