[tags: vista, install vista, usb]
This is pretty sweet: http://kurtsh.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!DA410C7F7E038D!1665.entry
I was able to use vsLite(http://www.vlite.net/) to trim my vista install down to around 1200 MB. It took 13:51 minutes from the start to finish to install Vista just the way I like it.
Installing Vista from a bootable USB flash drive