On 8/1/2013 10:18 AM, Lamar Owen wrote: > As to 'distro' that*runs* on an 8G USB stick natively, well, it's not a > linux distro, but the FreeBSD-based pfSense boots and runs just fine in > nanoBSD-mode on 512MB, 1G, 2G, and 4G USB sticks. I'm testing pfSense > 2.1 now booting this way., using the internal USB port on an Interl > ServerBoard.... ditto FreeNAS, which is also freeBSD based, and boots directly from a 4GB USB stick. -- john r pierce 37N 122W somewhere on the middle of the left coast