[mythtv-users] Mythfrontend on Damn Small Linux (DSL)

[Paul Bender]

Jeremy Silber wrote:

> Hi all.
> 
> I'd really like to have a bootable USB key containing a lightweight
> linux distro like Damn Small Linux (DSL) and mythfrontend 0.19.  This
> would let me boot a laptop and use it as a frontend without messing
> with the laptop's OS.  I briefly tried booting ubuntu from CD on one
> old laptop, and the boot time was horrific... so I'm trying to find a
> distro to fit on my 512MB USB key.
> 
> Has anyone built mythfrontend for DSL, or found a way to pare down
> another distro like KnoppMyth so it would run off a 512MB usb key?

You could roll your own from scratch. That is what I do 
(<http://linpvr.org>). It gives you full flexibility to include only the 
programs you want and the kernel / xorg modules you need. This results 
in a distribution that is relatively small.