Boot and run Linux from a USB flash memory stick.

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Boot and run Knoppix from a USB flash memory stick

This walkthrough explains how to install and run Knoppix Linux from a USB Flash Pen Drive through Windows. Knoppix is a fully featured Live Linux version that contains plenty of tools.

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You’ll need the following:

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1GB or Larger USB Flash Pen Drive
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Knoppix Linux
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HP USB tool (for formatting the stick)
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Winrar (or another ISO extracting app)
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Syslinux 3.11

The Process:

1.

Download the HP USB tool and format your stick with the tool using the Fat or Fat32 file system.
2.

Download the Knoppix Linux ISO.
3.

Download and extract syslinux-3.11.zip to a directory called syslinux311 on your computer.
4.

Open your Knoppix ISO using winrar. Extract the files from the ISO to your USB stick.
5.

Move the contents from the /boot/isolinux directory to the root of the stick.
6.

Delete isolinux.bin and rename isolinux.cfg to syslinux.cfg.
7.

Run the command prompt in windows (start/run/cmd) and CD to the syslinux311 directory. Then CD again to the win32 directory within the syslinux311 directory. Once there simply type syslinux.exe F: (F: being the example drive letter of the USB stick in this system)
8.

Reboot your PC, go into your system BIOS and set your boot order to boot from any selectable USB device. (example USB_ZIP or use USB_HDD)
9.

Save your BIOS settings. On the next reboot, you should have a successful launch of Knoppix Linux from your USB memory stick.

Enjoy! Bye



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Author: ~The Pendrive Doctor~

Article Source: http://www.pendrivelinux.com
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Can I Use The Same Procedure To Have Ubuntu In My Pen Drive

[rakeshishere]

USE DSL-Damn Small Linux..Its simple and bootable via USB

[harikatt]

yes. i too used the slax linux too, its very good and also easy to install through USB drive. there are so many flavours of slax linux. according to our usage we can pick them. i am using killbill flavour of slax linux. and its with auto installation of wine. from which we can eaisly run windows programs. Even my Adobe photoshop 5 works fine with in linux program.

thanks for the linux developers.

[mehulved]

As per my experience slax is the best distro out there for USB drives. I really liked it. And I don't think there's any such image available for Ubuntu that can be used to boot through USB drive. Maybe if you don't get an answer here, try asking in ubuntuforums, there maybe some project unknown to me.

[praka123]

debian linux also can be run from usb disk.check wiki below for details.debian is a gr8 distro with its amazing apt,dpkg,wajig mechanisms.
http://live.debian.net/wiki/