Most grateful to the wonderful Linuxelite who has figured the solution to this challenge already. I have spent the better part of a day researching, searching, trial-nd-error, and searching more but cannot get a solution to this problem:
What I need to do is use a laptop for quick document viewing of a USB directory that has data files synchronized on a weekly basis. Laptop has a corporate Windows XP install and the normal boot time is 5-7 minutes which is unacceptable for what I need; unfortunately the hard drive is under SafeBoot so I think inaccessible from Linux. So my solution is to boot the laptop into Linux using the same USB with the data files I need to read. I do not need any advice on the data synch to USB Due to some restrictions the laptop must be completely OFF (Standby is unacceptable) from when I need to start accessing the files. I would like to boot from the same USB as where I have the data files, but I have made perhaps 100 attempts to get the partitioning and bootloader working correctly - nothing but failure. I should probably mention that I am operating under the assumption, from what I have read, that it is best to have my data files in one partition and the Linux install in the second partition.
Based on that this is what I think my requirements are:
- Load Linux from 16GB USB in under 60 seconds (Ubuntu is fine and what I am most familiar with)
- Install must be persistent with may 1GB or so for that
- Rest of space needs to be in the first partition of same USB so that it can be used normally on a Windows laptop
After hours of searching, I am surprised that I cannot find a Linux Distro designed just for a quick boot into a document reader? Maybe I missed it. The laptop I am using is a Dell Latitude E6400 -- so I have consider Latitude ON (I think that's the name) but have deemed it unacceptable for what I need.
Thank in advance for any ideas. If I am trying to do this the hard way, I am open to any solution you think might work better -- except an Ipad
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