[Lincs] Linux on USB memory stick?

[James Taylor]

Marc Mc Guinness wrote:

> Hello,
>
> Has anyone here tried to put a bootable Linux on a USB memory stick?
>
> I got a good offer for a 256MB stick (only 20 pound) and I wonder what 
> I could do with one of those. Ben told me last Saturday that Damn 
> Small Linux should run from it...
>
> Marc
>
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Yes and no.

I have run linux off a flash memory (not usb stick). I have not found a 
bios system which allows boot from usb device. I run knoppix with my 
home directory on my usb stick.