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Modern computers can boot from [[USB]] storage like disks and sticks. This article shows how to [[install]] Linux on a USB disk so that you can boot from it. It lists 3 approaches:
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Modern computers can boot from [[USB]] storage like disks and sticks. But how to [[install Linux]] there to have a USB disc or stick bootable? Here are some approaches:
  
 
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| Unetbootin || ? || works with all distributions supported by unetbootin
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| [[install Linux on a USB disk with Unetbootin]] || Linux or Windows || any || 1 hour, depends on your choices
 
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| Knoppix    || 10 min    || only works with Knoppix
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| [[install Linux on a USB disk with Knoppix]]   || any || Knoppix || 30 min, depends on disk speed and size
 
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| SUSE Studio || 1 hour || only works with SUSE distros
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| [[install Linux on a USB disk with SUSE Studio]] || Linux or Windows || SUSE || 1 hour
 
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| Cloning-approach || 2 hours || work with almost all distributions
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| [[install Linux on a USB disk by cloning your computer]] || any Linux || any || 2 hours
 
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= See also =
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* [[install SUSE Linux on netbooks]]
  
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= the unetbootin approach =
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Download unetbootin from http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net. Start it and select which distribution you want to have installed on what disk.
 
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= the knoppix approach =
 
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Boot your system from [[knoppix]], then [[open a console]] and enter
 
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flash-knoppix
 
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Then select a harddisk or a USB Flash drive. This will be made boot Knoppix.
 
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== additional information ==
 
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Make sure you have a graphical display. This installer will give a lot more messages than the text-based installer.
 
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== TroubleShooting ==
 
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* Your USB Flash drive must be vfat-formatted. Otherwise, flash-knoppix will not work.
 
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= the SUSE Studio approach =
 
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Go to www.susestudio.com. Choose your favorite SUSE, add packages as you like. Tell the web site to build a USB stick from it. Download the image and put it onto your USB stick.
 
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For example, if your USB stick is /dev/sdh, use something like
 
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dd if=usbstick.i686-0.0.1.raw of=/dev/sdh
 
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Hey, stuble must be your middle name. Great post!
 

Latest revision as of 14:25, 1 November 2013

Modern computers can boot from USB storage like disks and sticks. But how to install Linux there to have a USB disc or stick bootable? Here are some approaches:

approach OS of your computer must be distro of bootdisk will be time to succeed
install Linux on a USB disk with Unetbootin Linux or Windows any 1 hour, depends on your choices
install Linux on a USB disk with Knoppix any Knoppix 30 min, depends on disk speed and size
install Linux on a USB disk with SUSE Studio Linux or Windows SUSE 1 hour
install Linux on a USB disk by cloning your computer any Linux any 2 hours

See also

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