The Ultimate USB Pendrive Distribution!

donkey42

thanks mega, just gotta wait till it downloads!

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megamaced

Sorry for stating the obvious but make sure your BIOS can support booting from a USB device!

A little tip:

The default resolution is 1024x768 @ 75Hz. Not all LCD monitors can handle this so you may get a 'out of sync' notice on your monitor.

Boot from the USB pendrive, you will be asked to log in.
Enter 'root' as the login name and 'toor' as the password
Then type xconf to automatically detect the best resolution for your monitor
Then type startx to begin

I hope I am not too late with this post!

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donkey42

thanx, no you wern't too late, cos it's finished downloading but it's cig time, so gotta go, again thanx

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donkey42

no it wasn't stating the obvious, cos although i'm thick with computers (compared to you) as it happens, i know about setting the BIOS to boot from USB (just have to start saving for a USB pen) and i don't have an LCD monitor, don't like the image they project (besides that, i can't afford one)

i usually use 1024 x 768 but usually but @ 60Hz


EDIT: just being thinking, would it be possible to have Slax on a USB pen then use a port emulator (like for a laptop) to create a virtual pc, then connect the RJ45's of my pc & the emulated port on the USB pen to then use them as a peer to peer net ?

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megamaced

Come again?

I'm not sure what a port emulator is. Obviously you know more about computers then I do!

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Matt555

I tried a SLAX Linux Live CD a while back - didn't work, so I gave up on it

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donkey42

MOBILE COMPUTING

Kensington announced a new docking station that lets users quickly attach a keyboard and mouse. The Laptop Desktop USB docking station raises the notebook so that the open notebook's monitor faces the user. The docking station includes a four-port USB hub and has an integrated document holder. However, the station doesn't include the accessories. (You'll need to provide your own USB keyboard and mouse.) The station can tilt and swivel, and the station's shape protects the open notebook's exposed keys. The Laptop Desktop USB docking station is available for $79.99 from Kensington's Web site and retailers.
www.kensington.com/html/5702.html

this is what i was moaning on about, but unfortunatly the url doesn't work, if you remember a few years ago you could get a docking station for a laptop and the docking station emulated serial, parallel, PS/2 & i'm not sure about USB.

yeah right, i'm a lidslammer compared to you, thanx

EDIT: just realised, i meant "port replicator not port emulator"

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Anti-Trend

Yeah, I had the same experience. Slax kernel panicked on all of my hardware except an old P3 Vectra I had laying around some time ago... it booted there, but didn't do anything to impress me at the time. Of course, that was several major releases ago, so.... *shrug*

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megamaced

I'll admit that it offers nothing new. But the fact that it is so fast from a USB drive and boots into KDE is just awesome. As for hardware detection, I've had no problems so far. I was using a computer from my college which has SATA, a gigabyte NIC and a few other bits. Give it another shot AT

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pelvis_3

I'm using it now Mega
Given that i'm un-familiar with Slackware, it's pretty good :thumbs:
It does have good hardware support, everythings works out of the box
except my Audigy
Damn this distro is fast.

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megamaced

Well the Audigy is quite specialised, so I am not too suprised by the lack of support. Anyways, I am very impressed with the speed of hardware detection

Are you using USB1.1, 2.0 or CD?

Did you have to enter xconf to get the resolution right, or was it OK?
If you want to change the resolution simply look for the screen icon in the notifications area. Right click it and choose your desired resolution and frequency

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megamaced

Okay guys, WINE is included in SLAX (KillBill Version)! If you want to run your Windows applications whilst using SLAX do the following:

Open up a terminal and type:

winecfg

Make any changes you feel nesscary and exit

Browse your Windows drive and find the executable of the program you want to run. Right click the executable and select 'Open With'. Then type 'wine' and press OK!

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megamaced

Are you familiar with DOSbox? It allows you to play old DOS games in Windows 2000/XP. Well you will be glad to know that it is included in SLAX!!

To open DOSbox, simply open up a terminal and type 'dosbox'.

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pelvis_3

It's doesn't matter really. I enabled my onboard sound temporarily
and it worked ok.

USB 2.0 512MB Drive.

Yes, i did, otherwise it sat on 10x7. I'd much prefer 12x10.

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