Do you know a procedure to create a Linux bootable USB?
My customer has a very lightweight PC that boots up and launches Google Chrome for the purpose of displaying a website on a screen in the lobby of his hotel. Similar screens are in each elevator. Each screen has its own PC, and that's all that the machine ever does.
They need it to just boot up and go to the website, without any user interaction (ever). I can administer it remotely if need be using Logmein Rescue, which I also use for my other customers.
Windows 8 is proving problematic. It boots very slowly, for one thing. I understand why - the machine only has 2 GB of RAM and a 1 GHz processor.
Can you please recommend a version of Linux to use, and hopefully a procedure to download and install it on a USB drive?
Thanks
They need it to just boot up and go to the website, without any user interaction (ever). I can administer it remotely if need be using Logmein Rescue, which I also use for my other customers.
Windows 8 is proving problematic. It boots very slowly, for one thing. I understand why - the machine only has 2 GB of RAM and a 1 GHz processor.
Can you please recommend a version of Linux to use, and hopefully a procedure to download and install it on a USB drive?
Thanks
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Thanks, Tobias.
I downloaded "current.iso" from http://distro.ibiblio.org/damnsmall/current/
But Imgburn isn't willing to copy that iso to the USB drive. It insists on writing to the CD/DVD drive.
What am I missing?
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I downloaded "current.iso" from http://distro.ibiblio.org/damnsmall/current/
But Imgburn isn't willing to copy that iso to the USB drive. It insists on writing to the CD/DVD drive.
What am I missing?
Dwight
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Did you follow the instructions on the page I linked to? It contained the following sections:
- Install to USB From within DSL
- Install to USB From within Linux (any distribution but DSL)
- Install to USB From within Windows
- Install to USB From within Mac OS
- Install to USB From within DSL
- Install to USB From within Linux (any distribution but DSL)
- Install to USB From within Windows
- Install to USB From within Mac OS
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Thanks TobiasHolm, Sikhumbuzo Ntsada and Gerwin Janzen.
Sorry for the delay ... yesterday was a holiday in our country (Canada).
To be clear, I did follow the instructions at "Install to USB From within Windows"
... which led me to Damn Small Linux (http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/download.html)
... which led me to Index of /damnsmall/ (http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/download.html)
... where I found current.iso as one of about 20 possible files to download.
Hoping that the further instructions that I find today will be a bit more "click on this link and it will work" -ish. :) No offence, TobiasHolm.
I will spend more time at this today. Thanks again!
Sorry for the delay ... yesterday was a holiday in our country (Canada).
To be clear, I did follow the instructions at "Install to USB From within Windows"
... which led me to Damn Small Linux (http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/download.html)
... which led me to Index of /damnsmall/ (http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/download.html)
... where I found current.iso as one of about 20 possible files to download.
Hoping that the further instructions that I find today will be a bit more "click on this link and it will work" -ish. :) No offence, TobiasHolm.
I will spend more time at this today. Thanks again!
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Wonderful, wonderful. I'll do it later today.
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Oooops ... this fell through the cracks.
And the customer decided to try an Android solution.
But the suggestions were great, I will try it sometime.
Thanks
And the customer decided to try an Android solution.
But the suggestions were great, I will try it sometime.
Thanks
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Thanks!
Unfortunately the customer chose an Android solution from my competitor.
Unfortunately the customer chose an Android solution from my competitor.
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Any chance you could please point me to a procedure that does exactly what I need - boots and goes immediately to a website? Sorry, my Linux skills are old.