[NTLUG:Discuss] USB Pen Drives

[Ed Coates]

Hi All,

I've been looking at these things, and I wonder if they can be used in
Linux.  I was wondering if anyone here has any experience with the Pen
Drives.  How are they used?  Do you put a filesystem on them to store
information on them?  Can they be booted from?  Can you take, let's say, a
512MB or a 1GB Pen Drive, install Linux on it, and use it for a firewall
if the motherboard can boot a USB device?

Ed