How to Make a Linux's Bootable FlashPen Drive ?
I downloaded an ISO file with about 60 MB (Damn Small Linux). If burn it in a mini-CD I get a live distro (bootable CD). My question is how to do the same using a FlashPen Drive... I can not "burn" a FlashPen Drive as I can burn a CD... Is it possible to make a live distro using a FlashPen Drive (bootable) ?
Their Wiki provides a detailed walk through for this here: http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/wiki/index.php/USB_Booting
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In a more general way, is it possible to make a live/bootable FlashPen Drive without CD/DVD's ?
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How to "burn" an ISO into a FlashPen Drive ?
Are just you trying to avoid burning the ISO to a CD before you create the bootable flash drive?
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slow1000 - what I would like is to have live/bootable FlashPen Drive that can boot linux without the CD. I have no problem in burning ISO to CD or just mount ISO with Daemon Tools. Is the CD only needed to make live/bootable FlashPen Drive ? Can I boot a PC only using the live/bootable FlashPen Drive (without CD) ?
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slow1000 - thank you for your help. Just one more question - is that procedure specific of Damn Small Linux ? If I want to make another live/bootable FlashPen Drive (with other distro), the procedure is the same?
I believe there are other linux distros that have a similar automated feature, although when I wrote that I had DSL in mind. It's possible to get almost any distro working on a usb drive, but the level of technical knowledge required can be quite steep. DSL, however, is relatively easy.
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slow1000 - what is the most "expert" situation? What must we do?
Please elucidate, I'm not sure what you are asking. Are you asking about what you should do if using DSL?
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I am asking what is the harder distro, and what to do is such case. For DSL everything is OK.
It would depend on the distro (there are hundreds of possibilities). It could involve a custom initrd, etc, in worst case scenario. For most, it would mean fun with grub, and possibly installing it to a regular hard disk, then moving the files over to the usb device and modifying them.
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Can you recommend some URL's with tutorials about it?
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slow1000 - your participation was superb! Thank you a lot!
No problem, glad to help.