ReiserFS or ext3 on USB flash drive?

[Jamon Camisso]

bassix-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org wrote:
> I would like to know if this is possible:
> 
> 1) Installed distro on hard drive (size around 1.5GB).
> 
> 2) Format a 2GB USB 2.0 FLASH drive with ReiserFS or ext3.
> 
> 3) Completely move the hard drive installed distro to the USB FLASH
> drive (which would be bootable). I've seen instructions for moving
> installed OS to another partition, so I assume the same instructions
> would work.
> 
> Has anyone ever done this? Will it work? I'm hoping to create a
> "customized" distro install that I can take and plug into different
> machines. I'd like to have a real OS as opposed to a live cd so that I
> can still update and upgrade.
> 
> Is this feasible? Does anyone know of any potential pitfalls from trying this?

As Lennart pointed out, drivers and Xorg would be a problem with an 
install versus a completely live distro like knoppix. One distribution 
to check out is SLAX, which allows you to write the media (cd-rw, usb) 
while running a "live" distro. I think it also allows you to save your 
settings and files to the media, allowing you to boot and have your 
desktop on any computer that can boot from usb. http://slax.linux-live.org/

One other to check is Mepis, specifically their traveler disc (as they 
call it. More here: http://www.mepis.org/node/465

Jamon
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