Talk:Installing Debian as an upgrade

How much space does this Debian + gnome take on the XO?

Also, it'd be great if the Debian upgrade could be located on usb or sd instead of the XO's own limited space. Could I just follow the instructions, but put it all on a usb? (I have this 8GB thumbdrive *and* an 8GB SD lying around....) Or would something crucial break?

Obviously, I'd need to change setenv a bit to something like (?):

#setenv boot-device u:\boot\vmlinuz  /*or whatever the right dir would be*/

and

#setenv ramdisk u:\boot\olpcrd.img

Can't wait to try this out, but don't want to break anything!