How do I install Slax to a usb stick?
I want to install Slax on my usb stick, but I just can’t get it to work. I tried copying the contents of the .zip file to the usb stick, and I got to some grub rescue thingy. I also tried Unetbootin,...
View ArticleSliTaz, usb stick, unable to mount iso or to find a filesystem on it rootfs.gz
I deleted every partition on my system, even the partition on my usb stick. Then I created a partition with SliTaz which I’m currently on. But then I found out that my usb stick didn’t get discovered...
View Articleisolinux: Disk error 01, AX=0201, drive 80
I have an old Medion MD 8818 desktop PC with MS-7318 mobo with Phoenix AwardBIOS 6.00PG. I’m attempting to run Zorin OS 7 Core on it, but the PC won’t boot my 32GB Sandisk Cruzer Switch USB stick that...
View ArticleCan one make a bootable device with several distros of Linux?
I think this question explains itself. But here are some more details anyway: Many Linux distributions have “live USB’s” which one can use to try and install that distro. However, that pen must often...
View ArticleBIOS don't recognize my bootable USB [duplicate]
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View ArticleMaking a bootable pendrive for custom kernel
I read the tutorials to make a mimalistic custom kernel from here and am able to boot it up as explained in the tutorial over a virtual machine using GRUB as the boot loader. I think it would be more...
View ArticleBIOS don't recognize my bootable USB [duplicate]
This question already has an answer here: Bootable USB appearing as HDD not Removable Device 1 answer
View ArticleHowto to boot an attached external hard disk (without formating)? (Solution:...
I have a former internal hard drive, which I now use as external USB drive. I tried to boot from it, but it doesn’t work (2 PCs tried, on my: blank screen + blinking cursor). This – I think – is...
View ArticleCan I create a bootable distribution backup
I’m interested in trying out a couple of distributions, but for extended periods of time (so using a LiveCD is not really an option). However, I would like to create a backup of my current distribution...
View ArticleHow to install software to a multi-boot live CD
Okay, so I am creating a multi-boot live cd with various linux distributions including Debian and Mint. Each distribution will be used to focus on diagnosing and/ o repairing a specific issue best...
View ArticleRecover data from HDD
This Monday I wanted to make a boot-able USB-Stick with a Knoppix .iso on Linux. I used the “dd” command to do this. Situation: 1. Laptop with Linux Mint on it 2. HDD mounted to System (.iso File on...
View ArticleCreating a bootable 'system profiler'
I’m trying to create a program using a small linux distribution that can be booted from a USB (kinda how DBAN operates). The program with simple output system specs upon request, no GUI, simplicity is...
View ArticleCreating ISO Bootable Image from a CentOS (Linux) system
I have a Linux machine (CentOS 5.8) on which I have installed multiple applications and tools (with yum and few others after compiling the source code) on it. As I have spent considerable time in...
View ArticleHow to Install Fedora (not create bootable USB)
I have searched Google for how to download Fedora, and all I find is how to create bootable USB. Once I load Fedora from bootable USB how do I permanently install Fedora from USB onto my laptop?
View ArticleWhat are the [internal] steps involved in making USB drive 'bootable'?
Whenever I have to install a new Linux distro, I create a bootable USB from the distro image using some specialized program like UNetBootin. Recently, I tried to do for Fedora using ‘dd’ command, but...
View ArticleLinux from Scratch to bootable disk image
I competed LFS 7.6. I want to know is it possible to make it into a bootable disk image that can boot in to different systems?
View ArticleHow to move a PC's Debian to a USB and remain fully bootable?
I have a 64 GB USB 3.0 drive, to which I’d like to transfer (in terms of file system and grub2 bootability) the Debian Jessie installed on the SSD of my retina MacBook Pro. I am looking to do this in...
View Articlehow do I do a command line only boot of CentOS 7?
Can someone please explain how to trigger a command line only boot of CentOS 7 from a USB boot stick? I want to boot the terminal only and then use the normal CentOS 7 terminal to swap out the graphics...
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