Low Resource, USB thumb drive bootable nix?

#1 Sun, 14 Sep 2014 - 07:35 68kMLA

Any Mac's other then the PM6400/6500 Come with a Sub inside?

#1 Fri, 18 May 2007 - 21:39 PPCMLA

I was wondering if anyone knows of a Linux distro that is bootable off a thumb drive. this is primarily for disk recovery, and a big plus would be if it were platform independant. The only one I can think of is Damn Small Linux, but AFAIK, it is x86 only, and unless you buy a thumb drive with DSL on it, you can't run it from a thumb drive.

so, does anyone know of such a distro? At the very least, it should be:

-USB Thumbdrive bootable
-Fit on to a 128mb thumb drive (I have a 256mb drive, but it is my primary, and I have a spare 128mb).
-PPC distro
-Recovery centered
-Free and Open Source
-prebuilt (download and go).

optional stuff:

-Platform Independant
-Roll your own (I prefer prebuilt, but if nobody knows of exactly what I need, then you can point me to a roll your own distro).

thanks. -digital Wink

#2 Sun, 14 Sep 2014 - 11:02 68kMLA

Don't think so, IIRC only those had one, and very few were supplied with a Sub anyway (thinking about the TAM)

I had a 6500 for a very short period, the sound was impressive.

#2 Fri, 18 May 2007 - 23:36 PPCMLA

Well, OS9 can boot from USB on certain PowerPC macs with two USB buses (like the PowerBook G3, and most PowerMac G4s).

As far as I know, it is either extremely difficult to get Linux/PPC to boot from a USB drive, but if it did, I would probably try gentoo.
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#3 Sun, 14 Sep 2014 - 12:26 68kMLA

I recall the Powerbook 3400c was advertised having a so-called "subwoofer" behind it's screen, but that was technically incorrect as it was only 4-speaker sound. Still, the 3400 pumps out probably the best quality sound I've ever heard in a portable.

#3 Tue, 22 May 2007 - 16:01 PPCMLA

http://damnsmalllinux.org/wiki/index.php/USB_Booting
http://damnsmalllinux.org/wiki/index.php/Installing_to_a_USB_Flash_Drive

There is no PPC support, though.

#4 Wed, 23 Feb 2011 - 17:16 PPCMLA

#4 Wed, 19 Nov 2014 - 18:57 68kMLA

Byrd said:
I recall the Powerbook 3400c was advertised having a so-called "subwoofer" behind it's screen, but that was technically incorrect as it was only 4-speaker sound. Still, the 3400 pumps out probably the best quality sound I've ever heard in a portable.

The original PB G3 had the same "subwoofer" system as well, although in a technical sense they're more like two small speakers and not really subs.

#5 Wed, 19 Nov 2014 - 19:00 68kMLA

The sub is one of the reasons I want one of these.

#5 Sun, 6 Mar 2011 - 20:35 PPCMLA

Very cool, romko. Thanks!
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