This is an informative thread only, but I got an installation of emc2 on a 2GB
compact flash drive which plugs into my IDE on my motherboard. I have an all
solid state emc2 controller with wireless network and card reader. Pretty
slick. I plan on getting a small touch screen and keyboard to mount on the
machine too so its all self countained.
To get emc2 ubuntu live cd to install on the flash took some work. The min
installation is just under 3GB. I first installed on a 10GB HD, then
uninstalled openoffice and other unneeded apps. Then shrunk the partition,
direct copied (dd) the partition to the CF card. The CF card already had a
partitioned swap and identical sized linux part that I created. Reinstalled
GRUB to the MBR on the CF and it worked!
Chances are, you could probably do the same thing on a 2GB USB Flash Drive if
your motherboard supports USB Flash Boot (most modern ones do). You would
definitely need 2GB tho, my linux part is 93% used right now! Not much space
left. (There are probably lots more useless stuff that I can remove but
interdepedancy with gnome makes it tough, such as the sounds.)
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