I'm sure unetbootin was brought up at some point in this discussion.  But I
use it all the time, it works and you can use it in Windows even.

--j

On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 3:01 PM, Rick Blevins <bure4czar at msn.com> wrote:

>
> Returning to Linux on a USB drive... found this video that refers to a URL
> that can do this from both Windows and Linux, haven't tried it out yet:
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohw-3uS7jTo
>
> http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/
>
>
> ------------------------------
> From: bure4czar at msn.com
> To: tclug at freakzilla.com
> CC: tclug-list at mn-linux.org
> Subject: RE: [tclug-list] Linux on a USB thumbdrive
> Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2010 11:11:02 -0600
>
>
>
> I just finished installing Puppy Arcade on flash drive. Worked perfectly,
> comes with an installer that you run from windows, reboot then you're done.
> Haven't explored the features yet. But the space invaders desktop is pretty
> sharp.
>
>
> http://www.pendrivelinux.com/install-puppy-arcade-to-a-flash-drive-from-windows/
>
>
>
> > Date: Tue, 9 Feb 2010 20:13:46 -0600
> > From: ron.e.nelson at gmail.com
> > To: tclug at freakzilla.com
> > CC: tclug-list at mn-linux.org
> > Subject: Re: [tclug-list] Linux on a USB thumbdrive
> >
> > I've had success running http://www.backtrack-linux.org/ from the USB
> > drive with files/state/updates all to the flash drive. Not too bad
> > for general-purpose use even.
> >
> > Ron
> >
> > On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 7:01 PM, Jason Hsu, Linux user
> > <jhsu802701 at jasonhsu.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > I haven't installed Linux onto a USB FLASH drive, but I know that there
> are people out there who have.  You can go to that distro's forum and ask
> how to do this.
> > >
> > > Have you tried Puppy Linux or antiX Linux?  Puppy Linux is
> user-friendly and very lightweight - not much more than 100MB.  The full
> installation of antiX Linux would take up something like 430 MB on the USB
> drive, but its speed is competitive with Puppy Linux.  antiX Linux really
> blows away Puppy Linux in the software repository.
> > >
> > > I don't like Ubuntu because it's too slow and bloated, but then, my
> computers have only 256-384 MB of RAM.  Those with 1 GB of RAM or more would
> beg to differ.  Ubuntu has its merits, but operation on a slow machine and
> quick installation times are NOT among them.  So I don't think it would be
> suitable for a live CD or booting from the USB drive.
> > >
> > > On Tue, 9 Feb 2010 18:35:46 -0600 (CST)
> > > Yaron <tclug at freakzilla.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi all,
> > > >
> > > > Has anyone here played with Linux on a USB thumbdrive? It seems more
> > > > convenient to me than carrying a LiveCD around, plus you can, you
> know,
> > > > save personalised settings.
> > > >
> > > > I've been trying for a few days and have had... mixed results. I've
> > > > managed to get Ubuntu to make a copy of it's LiveCD on a thumbdrive,
> but
> > > > then you end up with an Ubuntu Live CD. Which would be better than
> > > > nothing, except even THAT doesn't always boot up all the way.
> > > >
> > > > I've tried plain ol' installing Ubuntu on the thumbdrive (even going
> so
> > > > far as to remove the other harddrives from the system) but that won't
> boot
> > > > all the way, either - they get stuck on the splash screen somewhere
> (even
> > > > when I take "quiet" out of grub).
> > > >
> > > > I know about Damn Small Linux, but I'd rather have a system thats a
> biiit
> > > > more current than 2.4 kernels and Firefox 2.0.
> > > >
> > > > Anyone have any experiences?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > -Yaron
> > > >
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