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“Packing” linux up onto USB drive
I have been using my Linux Mint Nadia for some time and customized it a little, I was wondering if I can "pack it" onto a USB and make it into an ISO which I can boot on another computer and it will ...
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Very basic Linux for educational purposes
I want to play with Linux to better understand how it works. Thus, I am looking for a very basic and small Linux to play with. I tried small Linux distributions (which copy themselves to RAM), but ...
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What happens when I do “cat debian.iso > /dev/sdX”?
I'm creating a live-USB and don't understand precisely: what happens when I copy a file (or even a file system) directly to a device node (as opposed to a file system)?
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Is there any “non live” distribution of Linux that can be run from a USB drive, AND allow access to files from Windows?
I tried installing a "pen drive" version of Ubuntu from PenDriveLinux.com, but since it was a modified version of Live Ubuntu (i.e. that usually runs from a CD), it had some kind of custom ...
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How do I partition a USB drive so that it's bootable and has a Windows-compatible data storage partition?
split from here
I have a 16gb flash drive, which I want a live ISO to boot from (via unetbootin or something similar). It'll be some 32bit distro that I can plug-in and boot on whatever computer I ...
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Mini ultra light linux boot on a USB key
I don't have linux. I'm on Windows (XP or 7).
I'd like to have just a linux USB key only to boot and have the command line to launch some command line programs. How may I simply create that USB key ...
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1answer
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Bootable USB appearing as HDD not Removable Device
I have a unique problem with an older Toshiba satellite laptop that happens to be a LegacyFree laptop meaning you can't access the bios via the normal F2, Del, Esc, etc.
I can only select a boot ...
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Which Grub to use for a custom portable boot image?
I would like to make a bootable USB/Floopy/LiveCD with linux kernel and Grub.
After booting to that USB/Floopy/LiveCD using VirtualBox or directly, it will show my own customized Grub screen and then ...
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Which live USB distribution offers selective persistence?
I'm looking for a live USB Linux distribution that would offer semi-persistent functionality. What I mean by that - normally the system should work in a non-persistent mode (read-only) and no writes ...
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3answers
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How to add packages onto a Fedora live USB
I want to create Fedora 14 live CD with additional packages I want. How to do it?
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Linux on pendrive? Which distro to use?
Terms regarding the OS:
Must be installed on pendrive
It must contain software for office use
Need to save files, GUI settings on it (auto)
So I'm not searching for a LiveCD.
What could be the ...
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1answer
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Error While Booting GRML
I'm dropped the 32-bit GRML ISO onto a 1GB thumb drive with the usual command:
dd if=grml_2010.12.iso of=/dev/USB_STICK
(of course, with the correct device). But, when I try to boot from it, it ...
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GRML will not boot automatically
I install GRML on my USB disk with the grml2usb tool. But when I boot from the USB, it first boots to a blank screen with boot: text on it. I must type the boot options myself to boot the system. I ...
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What Linux distro would you recommend for a big all-purpose LiveUSB?
I am about to buy a 2TB hard drive to have all my scrap in one place. I will split it to some partitions one to store my data, and others to store OS distros and bootable OSes like WinPE and Linux.
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