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Re: [LUG] Linux on a USB

 

Hi Paul,

What size USB stick did you need for that?

Kind regards,

Julian

On 22/01/18 12:53, Paul Sutton wrote:
As a result of this topic I have made a Linuxmit 18.3 64 bit boot flash
disk.  Something to add,  having two (or dualboot) may be handy,  one
with a OS like mint which is great,  but another one, perhaps with a
less resource intensive distro for any older hardware, netbooks, or less
memory.

as for creating the disk i used dd


sudo dd if=linuxmint-18.3-cinnamon-64bit.iso of=/dev/sdc

does what is said on the tin, as they say.  it just works.  Use lsblk to
work out the device name / reference for the target drive.



Paul

On 22/01/18 12:24, Neil wrote:
In my recent thread about Linux training several people said that having
a copy of a Linux distro on a USB for demo purposes was a good idea. I
have been wondering about that for some time, and now I am looking into
the idea more thoroughly.

As usual, the problem is which package to use for this. Someone
mentioned to me recently that unetbootin can create a live version of
Linux on a USB stick. I have used that package many times, and I can't
find anything about that. Also, I have read that there are better and
safer packages for this than unetbootin.

Another program I have come across recently is etcher. As usual this has
both good and bad reviews. I have downloaded it, but not tried it yet.

Then, in the training thread, some people mentioned a program called
e2b. This appears to stand for easy to boot. I have looked it up on
line, and it seems to be a bit complicated.

I would like to set up a USB stick with a live version of Linux on it.
But I would also like it to keep any changes made, so that each time I
used it, the distro would be up to date.

If anyone can point me in the right direction I will have a go.

Thanks,

Neil




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