Aaah,
once upon a time, there was a brilliant piece of software, called Amithlon. It was based on a linux kernel and booted straight from a CD, or you could install it on a hard disk partition if you wanted to.
But like all brilliand things, it couldn't last very long.
They took it down.
I'm betting that would be the ideal solution, booting into a fast AmigaOS from a small USB stick (128MB would be enough).
