Quote Originally Posted by HackMaster
I understand that the basic problem with a live-CD based linux is that its slow. So i reciently got myself a 1GB memory key.... I know about "http://www.knoppix.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=64999#64999", but that requires a user to be in linux to begin with. And i am not. I dont have a cd burner nearby, and i will have to wait to go to somewhere else to burn.
I agree, adding memory to 32 systems just to run Knoppix doesn't make sense. But you are certainly making things hard for yourself. It's amazing to see someone who calls himself HackMaster who then states "i am one of them people who dislikes burning cds" (as if there is a large number of such people). Knoppix is intended as a live CD and a Live CD would see ideal for your situation. Any yet you, with access to 32 systems refuse to use a CD? Maybe you'll be able to get Knoppix to work from a USB device. But maybe not. Some systmes just seem to refuse to boot from a USB flash device (even when there is BIOS support for booting from USB, which isn't always the case). You haven't even tried Knoppix from a CD, but state that you think it is slow. Perhaps you should try it before deciding against it.

If, after actually trying to run from a CD, you still find the speed to be an issue, you might consider other options that would still let you do a toram boot. For example, if you are doing this as the HackMaster to try to resolve problems on those 32 systems, them you likely will not need or want some of the packages included in Knoppix like Open Office. A smaller Knopppix Based Live CD distro with a good compliment of recovery tools might server you better and would let you do a boot with the toram option, even without adding memory to those 32 systems. DSL is one such option, but it's not the only choice. More details on your situatuion would be needed to make the best choice. But I very much doubt that speed will be an issue at all. And I expect that a CD will be much faster than a USB device if those 32 computers without CD burners have USB 1.1 rather than USB 2.

If you're going to post that you hate windows, then quite gripeing about how you dislike burning CDs and actually burn a Knoppix CD (follow the instructions given here many many times rather than assuming that the HackMaster don't need no stinkin' instructions) and give it a try instead of saying that you have found how to do what you want under Knoppix but you want to know how to do it under Windows.