26 Sep

Tip #8: Putting Linux On A USB Drive

Category: Tips

In just 9 steps:

  1. Mount the USB drive
  2. Backup its contents, if there are any
  3. Format the USB drive as FAT32
  4. Download dsl-embedded:
    ftp://ftp.oss.cc.gatech.edu/pub/linux/distributions/damnsmall/current/dsl-3.4.3-embedded.zip
  5. Download syslinux:
    http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/boot/syslinux/syslinux-3.52.zip
  6. Unzip the contents of dsl-3.4.3-embedded.zip into the root directory of the USB drive. Make sure that the directories within the zip file is recreated
  7. Unzip syslinux-3.52.zip
  8. Run syslinux -ma [drive]: where [drive] is the designated drive letter of your USB drive
  9. Reboot the computer (make sure that the boot sequence would place the USB drive as the first boot device)

Voila! You now have a system you can use to troubleshoot nonbooting systems and networks.

Posted Wednesday, September 26th, 2007 at 11:22 pm
Filed Under Category: Tips
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