Re: I wish to advocate linux

[Tom H <tomh0665@gmail.com>]

On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 4:06 PM, Miles Fidelman
<mfidelman@meetinghouse.net> wrote:
> Tom H wrote:
>> On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 1:12 PM, Miles Fidelman
>> <mfidelman@meetinghouse.net> wrote:
>>> Tom H wrote:
>>>> On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 9:32 PM, Miles Fidelman
>>>> <mfidelman@meetinghouse.net> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Come to think of it, that's a good point - and even relevant to Linux
>>>>> advocacy. I don't think I've ever seen a live CD for either Windows or
>>>>> MacOS (well, the install DVD sort of is, but...). And I sure as heck
>>>>> don't
>>>>> think you can get Windows or MacOS to run off a USB stick. On the other
>>>>> hand, I CAN carry a full copy of Linux (or BSD) on my keyring - for
>>>>> some
>>>>> applications that's kind of useful.
>>>>
>>>> You can boot OS X from a USB stick!
>>>
>>> Really? Can you point me at build directions?
>>
>> It's so simple, I doubt that there's any howto anywhere.
>>
>> You just point the OS X installer to the USB disk!
>
> Doooh (sound of hand slapping head)..... that makes sense.
>
> Of course we're talking a pretty big USB disk; probably at the high end of
> what you can do with a solid state keychain USB stick. Also, still tied to
> Mac hardware. Probably can't, for example, walk into a library and boot one
> of the machines from MacOnUSB, the way you can from a small live version of
> Linux.

Yes, OS X's tied to Apple hardware...