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skylar you ask, Is it in principle possible to use my Android smartphone as the boot device?

Unless you have a very unusual device no, the phone needs confirmation before it will allow data transfer,
that is an android feature present on all versions I have come across.

You can use the phone to prepare a bootable fully featured antiX live USB stick using an application
available on F Droid called ISO to USB, to do so you will need an OTG adapter of some kind or a double
plug usb stick. I use an application called Hash Droid, also from FDroid store to do a sha256 sum
test for downloaded ISO.

Information on device, travelmate exists in variations, should you need help Exact Model number
and BIOS version gives any helper more to work with. If able you will get better performance with maximum
memory, two 512MB modules, one in each slot. Unless I am mistaken below link will take you to a service manual
for your specific device.
http://www.elhvb.com/mobokive/edwin/laptops/Acer/TM220SG.PDF`
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