kismet on linux on usb flash?

bbcsomebody · 08-20-2003

does anyone know if theres a way to run like a really small linux that would boot up on usb flash memory drive say 256 or 512mb ones and able to run kismet?

ive got a laptop but no cd rom (so no knnopix) and its got a small hdd (20gb)

so usb bootable flash running linux would be the best choice....

infact im sure alot of people woudl benifit from that too....

but i got no idea how....

if anyone does pls let us know]

thanks

sparafina · 08-20-2003

Quote:

Originally posted by bbcsomebody
does anyone know if theres a way to run like a really small linux that would boot up on usb flash memory drive say 256 or 512mb ones and able to run kismet?

First, does your bios support booting from a USB device? If it does, then it should work.

If it doesn't and you have a FAT32 file system, then yo could try ZipSlack from slackware. Its a minimal linux install about 100 mb. There is also BigSlack, which is a more full featured version of ZipSlack that takes up about 800 mb.

Barry · 08-20-2003

You might want to do a google for linux on usb. I looked into a while back and have seen mixed results on it.

kleptophobiac · 08-20-2003

You could always go hog wild and put linux on a 1GB microdrive in your PCMCIA slot. Then you could have almost any dist you want.

peekitty · 08-20-2003

kleptophobiac's suggestion is the most sensible, but I think most of them will occupy two slots... Another option would be to get one of IBM's Travelstar external HDD-to-PCMCIA or similar, you can usually get a small one (<5GB) for well under $50.

As everyone else has pointed out, most systems don't support booting from USB but if yours does, you should have a look at Damn Small Linux. It will need to be hacked to include Kismet and the wireless goodies, but it's under 50MB so there's plenty of room

bbcsomebody · 08-20-2003

i am pretty sure i have heard my system does boot up on usb.. (lets hope so)

what do u mean by needing to be hacked to include kismet?

sparafina · 08-20-2003

Quote:

Originally posted by bbcsomebody
i am pretty sure i have heard my system does boot up on usb.. (lets hope so)

what do u mean by needing to be hacked to include kismet?

If you can boot on USB, then why not get a USB CDROM? I've seen older IOMEGAs going for less than a 512 cf card.

Kismet will require pcmcia services, drivers and such depending on you card. There usually a little more effort that unpacking a tarball, and editing conf files depending on your system.

In this respect, the knoppox-STD is nice, but the current release 1b does not have the gpsdaemon running properly.

bbcsomebody · 08-20-2003

actually i should probly ask this first.... i have a centrino with intel pro wireless 2100 does this card work with kismet?
or other linux/windows utils?

sparafina · 08-20-2003

Quote:

Originally posted by bbcsomebody
actually i should probly ask this first.... i have a centrino with intel pro wireless 2100 does this card work with kismet?
or other linux/windows utils?

good question, the answer is no for netstumbler and no drivers (currently) for linux. Cisco, Prism, and Orinoco/Proxim cards work with Kismet.

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08-20-2003	#3 (permalink)
Barry Managing the iTards. Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Ohio Posts: 5,383	You might want to do a google for linux on usb. I looked into a while back and have seen mixed results on it.

08-20-2003	#4 (permalink)
kleptophobiac Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 310	You could always go hog wild and put linux on a 1GB microdrive in your PCMCIA slot. Then you could have almost any dist you want.

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peekitty Macaca Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: S. Florida Posts: 1,056	kleptophobiac's suggestion is the most sensible, but I think most of them will occupy two slots... Another option would be to get one of IBM's Travelstar external HDD-to-PCMCIA or similar, you can usually get a small one (<5GB) for well under $50. As everyone else has pointed out, most systems don't support booting from USB but if yours does, you should have a look at Damn Small Linux. It will need to be hacked to include Kismet and the wireless goodies, but it's under 50MB so there's plenty of room

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bbcsomebody Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 5	i am pretty sure i have heard my system does boot up on usb.. (lets hope so) what do u mean by needing to be hacked to include kismet?

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bbcsomebody Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 5	actually i should probly ask this first.... i have a centrino with intel pro wireless 2100 does this card work with kismet? or other linux/windows utils?