Author: Jack Knight Date: To: Hampshire LUG Discussion List Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Web server on a stick
David Anderson wrote: > Hi,
>
> I need to go to a customer's house to do some web design work. I need
> to use her PC, but would like to run a web server to showcase the work.
>
> What I want is to install a Linux system onto a USB flash (8GB) and run
> both the web server and a desktop from that stick. I am not sure
> whether the PC can boot from a USB stick though.
>
> So, two questions:
>
> 1. What distro, and how do I get it on the stick, and
>
> 2. How do I boot up if the PC will not boot from USB?
> Not sure how elaborate you want to be, but there's a Firefox extension
called "pow" which is a self contained web server.
