[gobolinux-users] How to extract Gobolinux files to a 256MB pen/thumb drive?

[Michael Homer]

On 10/27/06, Rayne Van-Dunem <raynenamibia at gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm trying to realize my idea of Gobolinux 012 on a USB thumb drive at the
> moment, and I've gotten some random shareware app (Undisker) for extracting
> files from ISOs so as to move them to the thumb drive. However, the kernel
> and initrd components are, for the lack of a better term, freakin' huge. And
> this stick only has 256MB of space, might I add.
> Is there a way to trim the files down so that I could fit them all into the
> drive without screwing anything up?
I think you're going to need more than that to get a proper system
from the Gobo ISOs, but it is entirely possible to get a working Linux
system into 256mb (look at DSL). You might be able to steal bits from
them, and you can strip down the executables and fit a bit more in.
I've been working on this myself lately, albeit on a 512MB drive, for
a project I have on hand. I think you'd be better building a system up
from quasi-scratch rather that trying to do it off the ISO directly.
-Michael