working on grml-usb

grml-small (the 50MB-ISO) is already available, now I'm working on grml-usb. The goal is to provide a grml-ISO with less than 250MB which fits on a 256MB usb stick.

Please provide feedback which tools you would like to see on grml-usb. Take a look at the package list to see what's current status.
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  1. Djassper says:
    #1 2005-07-13 22:09 (Reply)

    Hi first thanx for your work, grml is well born :) what I'd like to see on the usb release is : etherape (see the network) g4u (clone disks) qtparted (partition) memtest86 (ram test) pureftp (ftp server) unisson (multidirectionnal rsync) rdesktop (terminal server client) vnc client/server I also hope to be able to update/configure the system, and keep the changes between the reboots just this and I will be happy :) c ya

  2. mika says:
    #1.1 2005-07-14 10:43 (Reply)

    pure-ftpd, memtest86/memtest86+, rdesktop, unison/unison2.9.1 and vncserver are now available. etherape would require 23.2 MB - no chance for grml-usb, sorry. qtparted would require 9.4 MB - no chance, sorry. But nparted and parted-bf are available of course. http://www.feyrer.de/g4u/ => there is no package for debian and it might be too big too. But partimage is available. Updating/configuring the system is possible of course. Keeping the changes between reboots will be possible with the new grml-config-framework (http://grml.org/config/) but I'm not yet sure whether this will be part of grml-usb 0.1 already. regards, -mika-

  3. Djassper says:
    #1.1.1 2005-07-14 23:16 (Reply)

    thanks :) just curious about usb live distrib architecture, why does it still work like a read only liveCD, basicaly a filesystem on a file stored on fat16... hard to update. Wouldnt it be more flexible to have 2 partitions on the usb key, a fat16 /boot partition and the main grml distribution stored on a normal ext2, so we could easily update, store new apps/files and keep the changes between reboots... ? dont take it wrong I have no idea how to do either solution, just wondering, and questionning :)

  4. mika says:
    #1.1.1.1 2005-07-15 10:52 (Reply)

    Well, you would kill the USB-stick because of the many 'writes' (even with ext2, yes). And you could not change the boot medium as easy as the way we use it now. And UnionFS already provides the possibility to write data on a read only medium.


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