[rescue] What to do with those USB "pen" drives...

Joshua D. Boyd jdboyd at celestrion.celestrion.net
Thu Aug 7 08:58:20 CDT 2003


On Wed, Aug 06, 2003 at 08:12:57PM -0700, N. Miller wrote:
> I thought some of you might find this interesting...how to
> get around using M$ OS when you are not using your own
> computer (albeit x86-oriented):
> 
> <http://www.pycs.net/bbum/2003/04/01.html>, which 
> refers to:
> <http://www.knoppix.org/>
> 
> Apparently you can boot off the CD and use the USB pen 
> drive (or probably other flash media as well) as your home
> directory.  Very cool.

Very cool indeed.  I've been aware of Knoppix for quite some time, but
this is the first time I've heard of using USB storage with it.  Very
cool.  Now this makes me want a USB storage device of some sort.



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