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nLited XP installs for a cab
DrewKaree:
--- Quote from: WunderCade on October 23, 2006, 02:16:25 pm ---
Is it conceivable that these barebones OS' can be scaled down to such a degree that they can be flashed to a USB Flash Drive 1Gb< ? A pocket OS....sweeeet.
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I know for certain that it could be, however, the lifespan of such a beast is questionable, and I'm sure it's not as easy to run as simply sticking in the USB stick and going off on your merry way. It'd also run slower, which is going to pretty much negate any benefit to this method.
Better to stick with Knoppix or some such Linux distro for something like that.
Howard_Casto:
--- Quote from: DrewKaree on October 23, 2006, 02:33:47 pm ---
--- Quote from: WunderCade on October 23, 2006, 02:16:25 pm ---
Is it conceivable that these barebones OS' can be scaled down to such a degree that they can be flashed to a USB Flash Drive 1Gb< ? A pocket OS....sweeeet.
--- End quote ---
I know for certain that it could be, however, the lifespan of such a beast is questionable, and I'm sure it's not as easy to run as simply sticking in the USB stick and going off on your merry way. It'd also run slower, which is going to pretty much negate any benefit to this method.
Better to stick with Knoppix or some such Linux distro for something like that.
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Well what might work is to take xp itself and put it on such a drive but use a tweaking program to move all the writeable stuff (swap space, registry, ect) to a real harddrive. I know that sounds a little silly, but the benefit would be you could adjust the settings on your cab by simply unplugging it and plugging it into your main pc and yet have all your roms and data files on the harddrive.
Taborious:
This sounds like a perfect Wiki topic... Maybe an addition to what is already there for striping XP...
Hopefully, I'll find some time to play with this type installation.
lloydcom:
--- Quote from: DrewKaree on October 23, 2006, 02:33:47 pm ---
--- Quote from: WunderCade on October 23, 2006, 02:16:25 pm ---
Is it conceivable that these barebones OS' can be scaled down to such a degree that they can be flashed to a USB Flash Drive 1Gb< ? A pocket OS....sweeeet.
--- End quote ---
I know for certain that it could be, however, the lifespan of such a beast is questionable, and I'm sure it's not as easy to run as simply sticking in the USB stick and going off on your merry way. It'd also run slower, which is going to pretty much negate any benefit to this method.
Better to stick with Knoppix or some such Linux distro for something like that.
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I second the Knoppis route, as it is easier to install to the pen drive. I'm still toying with the idea of the Knoppis Mame with the 80's roms with a 128mb pendrive. These things go for pennies and I have the whole thing running in system memory.
I tried installing XP with the pendrive, even though I could format for Dos Fat32, with a naked version of XP clocking in a 64mb footprint which is fully functinonal on a CF, but not a pendrive. Something to do with the way the pendrive is formatted.
I think 64mb XP is pushing it. But is cool to think how small you can go. I saw a Win98 install clocking in a 8mb. That's extreme! :o
DrewKaree:
--- Quote from: Howard_Casto on October 24, 2006, 03:20:37 am ---
Well what might work is to take xp itself and put it on such a drive but use a tweaking program to move all the writeable stuff (swap space, registry, ect) to a real harddrive. I know that sounds a little silly, but the benefit would be you could adjust the settings on your cab by simply unplugging it and plugging it into your main pc and yet have all your roms and data files on the harddrive.
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The swap file and registry writings XP does also reduce the lifespan of a USB flash drive. I don't know the amount of life in those things, but there IS a finite life to them, and continually writing/overwriting to them reduces that lifespan. Knoppix will write less and smaller amounts, or even better, can be run fairly quickly from a CD. XP is a bit more limited in that way.
Howard's idea sounds pretty good in that if you've got more than one setup, his suggestion of using the USB drive as a "Settings" saver seems (to me) similar to what dot was laying out in that other thread.
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