From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BA95F1389EE for ; Wed, 13 Feb 2013 07:53:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 7EA8921C027; Wed, 13 Feb 2013 07:53:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: from atl4mhob12.myregisteredsite.com (atl4mhob12.myregisteredsite.com [209.17.115.50]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ED66FE02CE for ; Wed, 13 Feb 2013 07:53:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: from webmail64 (mail.networksolutionsemail.com [205.178.146.50]) by atl4mhob12.myregisteredsite.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id r1D7r2R7009380 for ; Wed, 13 Feb 2013 02:53:02 -0500 Received: from 190.191.216.195 (msondow@iciiu.org [190.191.216.195]) by webmail64 (Netsol 11.2.30) with WEBMAIL id 27557; Wed, 13 Feb 2013 07:53:01 +0000 From: "Michael Sondow" To: "gentoo list" Importance: Normal Sensitivity: Normal Message-ID: X-Mailer: Network Solutions Webmail, Build 11.2.30 X-Originating-IP: [190.191.216.195] X-Forwarded-For: [(null)] X-Authenticated-UID: msondow@iciiu.org Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2013 07:53:01 +0000 Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: Kaspersky Rescue Disk Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="--=_vm_0011_W407947380_27557_1360741981" X-Archives-Salt: c084acbc-d1a8-4a57-afca-82010a88004c X-Archives-Hash: 597612bdb29a3b7bd802ef3c18207a8f ----=_vm_0011_W407947380_27557_1360741981 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi, Mick. Thanks for all the suggestions and information. I will research= them all. I'd still like to keep away from putting a Linux op sys on a hard drive p= artition. The hard drives in these netbooks and laptops are their weak li= nk. The HDD on my Asus 1000HA has lasted for seven years with heavy use a= nd probably hasn't got much more life on it. I've got all my important data double-backed-up (on a flash drive and onl= ine), so that's okay. But if and when I lose the HDD I want to still be a= ble to use the computer, via an outboard Linux op sys. The Asus 1000HA is= really a sweet little machine. I don't like any of the newer models anyw= here near as much. I see what you mean about ISOs not being writeable. That makes a real pro= blem with live bootable USB flash drives. Actually, I haven't tried creat= ing a file in any of the user directories accesible from the terminal, so= I don't know for sure I can't. Kaspersky saves some config data, so ther= e may be a way. Rewriting the ISO sounds like more than I can chew. Is there a way to do a full Linux installation on a flash drive, rather t= han just the ISO image? That might be worth a try with one of the smaller= Linux versions, no? Anyway, thanks very much for all your good advice. Cheers! Mike ----=_vm_0011_W407947380_27557_1360741981 Content-Type: text/html; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi, Mick. Thanks for al= l the suggestions and information. I will research them all.

I'd s= till like to keep away from putting a Linux op sys on a hard drive partit= ion. The hard drives in these netbooks and laptops are their weak link. T= he HDD on my Asus 1000HA has lasted for seven years with heavy use and pr= obably hasn't got much more life on it.

I've got all my important= data double-backed-up (on a flash drive and online), so that's okay. But= if and when I lose the HDD I want to still be able to use the computer, = via an outboard Linux op sys. The Asus 1000HA is really a sweet little ma= chine. I don't like any of the newer models anywhere near as much.
I see what you mean about ISOs not being writeable. That makes a real pr= oblem with live bootable USB flash drives. Actually, I haven't tried crea= ting a file in any of the user directories accesible from the terminal, s= o I don't know for sure I can't. Kaspersky saves some config data, so the= re may be a way. Rewriting the ISO sounds like more than I can chew.
<= br>Is there a way to do a full Linux installation on a flash drive, rathe= r than just the ISO image? That might be worth a try with one of the smal= ler Linux versions, no?

Anyway, thanks very much for all your good= advice.

Cheers!

Mike
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