Looking for distro to Install to flash with some requirements

[arrowrunner]

I have a Terminator C3 computer with a 256mb usb flash drive that it can boot from.

I need a distro that I can install to the flash drive and run some form of X windows for xmms and vnc viewer, samba server & client, rsync, ssh server & client, and maybe a print server.

I thought DSL would work, but I can't find a way to install to the flash drive and set up all of the software and settings and keep them.

This is for a friend and is going to act more like a music server than anything. It will need to be able to turn on and go without any human intervention.

Also, I seam to have issues booting this same machine w/ a hard drive with the 2.6 kernel, so I used slackware 11 w/ the 2.4 kernel for other uses using this same model.

[robin_bga]

Hi,
Try this PcLinuxOS
Cheers
Robin

[arrowrunner]

Sigh, I need a little more detail than that.

I don't want a LIVE cd on USB, becuase settings would still have to be loaded manually. I want an INSTALL to USB distro, anyone?

[BiggAl]

which version of DSL are you using?

I downloaded it last night and am successfully using it now on my other machine - seemed pretty hassel free to me albeit I'm using a far larger pen drive.

Otherwise would slackware-live work? I heard you could customise settings files by keeping them on a floppy/flash drive whilst following a CD boot.

[RobinVossen]

PcLinuxOS Supports to save the homefolder in a file.
also called persistent home..
PCLinuxOS Setting up a persistent home | USB Pen Drive Linux

Hope that helps.
Robin

[Tsarevich]

Try Mandriva or Knoppix