[NTLUG:Discuss] Mandrake's GlobeTrotter

[MadHat]

On Sep 13, 2004, at 1:36 PM, tr_data1 wrote:
> [I never saw my week-old post, so sorry if this is dupl]
> I don't remember all that I asked but the basis of my questions are:
>
> 1) Have you tried Mandrake's "GlobeTrotter"? If so, please explain
> your likes/dislikes. Off-list is fine by me.
>
> 2) Has anybody done a home-brewed version like this product?

I did a small version of this on a USB key drive (what ever they are 
called).  But I did it a year or so ago and 90% of the boxes I tried it 
on at the time did not support booting from a USB device.  I don't have 
a lot of new gear.  It is not hard to do.

Knoppix on a USB Key
http://rz-obrian.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de/knoppix-usb/

Linux Mobile
http://linuxmobile.sourceforge.net/

Someone else's instructions
http://www.simonf.com/usb/


> FYI, the Mdk GlobeTrotter is an external USB HD that has Linux
> pre-loaded as bootable. Apparently, you are able to boot most PCs
> from it (thereby running Linux) without altering that PC's HD. I think
> it keeps knowledge of the PC's configuration and has a home dir --
> so is a lot better than a bootable CD/DVD.
> =TR=
>
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