CentOS - Feb 2006 - Centos on a Thumb drive

Here are 2 different 4Gb USB drives.

Flash memory: http://www.ecost.com/ecost/shop/detail~dpno~339754.asp  $143

Mini Drive: http://www.ecost.com/ecost/shop/detail~dpno~306189.asp  $80

How does one load Centos on these?  Can you boot from CD, point to an 
FTP server for OS, and install on the USB drive, eventhough the 
system has its own harddrive?

Does the install have to be for a specific system?  Of course right 
now, I only have one USB bootable laptop.

Oh, and ecost is one of the best places to get things like SD 
memory.  Watch their budget countdown...

On Wed, 2006-02-22 at 09:36 -0500, Robert Moskowitz
wrote:
> Here are 2 different 4Gb USB drives.
> 
> Flash memory: http://www.ecost.com/ecost/shop/detail~dpno~339754.asp  $143
> 
I found the 2GB version of the flash drives on http://newegg.com for
$68.

> Mini Drive: http://www.ecost.com/ecost/shop/detail~dpno~306189.asp  $80
> 
> How does one load Centos on these?  Can you boot from CD, point to an 
> FTP server for OS, and install on the USB drive, eventhough the 
> system has its own harddrive?
> 
> Does the install have to be for a specific system?  Of course right 
> now, I only have one USB bootable laptop.
Take a look for some of the live CD type projects.  There are others
that are targeted at flash drives as well.  

http://librenix.com/?inode=5558

http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/