I'm sure unetbootin was brought up at some point in this discussion. But I use it all the time, it works and you can use it in Windows even. --j On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 3:01 PM, Rick Blevins <bure4czar at msn.com> wrote: > > Returning to Linux on a USB drive... found this video that refers to a URL > that can do this from both Windows and Linux, haven't tried it out yet: > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohw-3uS7jTo > > http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/ > > > ------------------------------ > From: bure4czar at msn.com > To: tclug at freakzilla.com > CC: tclug-list at mn-linux.org > Subject: RE: [tclug-list] Linux on a USB thumbdrive > Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2010 11:11:02 -0600 > > > > I just finished installing Puppy Arcade on flash drive. Worked perfectly, > comes with an installer that you run from windows, reboot then you're done. > Haven't explored the features yet. But the space invaders desktop is pretty > sharp. > > > http://www.pendrivelinux.com/install-puppy-arcade-to-a-flash-drive-from-windows/ > > > > > Date: Tue, 9 Feb 2010 20:13:46 -0600 > > From: ron.e.nelson at gmail.com > > To: tclug at freakzilla.com > > CC: tclug-list at mn-linux.org > > Subject: Re: [tclug-list] Linux on a USB thumbdrive > > > > I've had success running http://www.backtrack-linux.org/ from the USB > > drive with files/state/updates all to the flash drive. Not too bad > > for general-purpose use even. > > > > Ron > > > > On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 7:01 PM, Jason Hsu, Linux user > > <jhsu802701 at jasonhsu.com> wrote: > > > > > > I haven't installed Linux onto a USB FLASH drive, but I know that there > are people out there who have. You can go to that distro's forum and ask > how to do this. > > > > > > Have you tried Puppy Linux or antiX Linux? Puppy Linux is > user-friendly and very lightweight - not much more than 100MB. The full > installation of antiX Linux would take up something like 430 MB on the USB > drive, but its speed is competitive with Puppy Linux. antiX Linux really > blows away Puppy Linux in the software repository. > > > > > > I don't like Ubuntu because it's too slow and bloated, but then, my > computers have only 256-384 MB of RAM. Those with 1 GB of RAM or more would > beg to differ. Ubuntu has its merits, but operation on a slow machine and > quick installation times are NOT among them. So I don't think it would be > suitable for a live CD or booting from the USB drive. > > > > > > On Tue, 9 Feb 2010 18:35:46 -0600 (CST) > > > Yaron <tclug at freakzilla.com> wrote: > > > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > > > Has anyone here played with Linux on a USB thumbdrive? It seems more > > > > convenient to me than carrying a LiveCD around, plus you can, you > know, > > > > save personalised settings. > > > > > > > > I've been trying for a few days and have had... mixed results. I've > > > > managed to get Ubuntu to make a copy of it's LiveCD on a thumbdrive, > but > > > > then you end up with an Ubuntu Live CD. Which would be better than > > > > nothing, except even THAT doesn't always boot up all the way. > > > > > > > > I've tried plain ol' installing Ubuntu on the thumbdrive (even going > so > > > > far as to remove the other harddrives from the system) but that won't > boot > > > > all the way, either - they get stuck on the splash screen somewhere > (even > > > > when I take "quiet" out of grub). > > > > > > > > I know about Damn Small Linux, but I'd rather have a system thats a > biiit > > > > more current than 2.4 kernels and Firefox 2.0. > > > > > > > > Anyone have any experiences? > > > > > > > > > > > > -Yaron > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > > > > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > > > > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Jason Hsu, Linux user <jhsu802701 at jasonhsu.com> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > > > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > > > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > > > > > > -- > > http://ronspace.org/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > ------------------------------ > Your E-mail and More On-the-Go. 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