Install Linux on a USB disk with Unetbootin

UNetBootIn allows you to create a bootable USB disk from the network or from a bootable CD, DVD, harddisk or image.

• download unetbootin from http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net
• open a console and make the downloaded file executable, e.g.:

cd
cd Downloads
chmod 777 unetbootin-linux-575 

• start it

./unetbootin-linux-575

• when asked for libpng12, install the 32bit version of it, e.g. under SUSE Linux 12.1 x64:

yast -i libpng12-0-32bit

• when asked for p7zip, install it, e.g. under SUSE Linux 12.1 x64:

yast -i p7zip

• select which distribution you want to have installed on what disk: