2007-03-04 05:20:31 · 4 answers · asked by Mike B 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
Most versions of linux can be booted from a USB device. In fact, back in the day (circa 1996) I had systems booting linux from a 1.44MB floppy diskette. As long as you aren't looking to have a full suite of tools, utils, packages, and huge apps, then you really have your pick of which linux distro to use.
With any choice, there are certain file system conditions you need to meet, like using FAT16 or FAT32, making it bootable with a utility like syslinux, moving some files to the root, etc.
The main hindrance to booting from a USB is the age of your computer. If it's too old, then your system may not support booting from USB. Even if it can boot from USB, it may have issues booting larger USB drives (more than 1GB), or you may have to get into the BIOS to tell it to boot from USB, or you may have a boot up option to tell it to boot from an alternate device.
There are lots of FAQs on how to install various flavors of Linux on a bootable USB device. PenDriveLinux has a good set of tutorials for several versions at http://pendrivelinux.com/
2007-03-07 13:20:57 · answer #1 · answered by Kevin 7 · 5⤊ 0⤋
you should place OS in Pen stress and alter the configuration in BIOS as properly from Flash stress. there is no utility which will make your pen stress into bootable pen stress, that's desperate interior the BIOS... on the suitable you could replace bios if in any respect that's having any difficulty or you do no longer ought to replace it additionally. in the journey that your workstation is previous it could no longer help booting from pen stress... even nevertheless you could properly be having usb ports...
2016-10-02 09:08:10 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pclinuxos will do it.
http://www.pclinuxos.com/page.php?6
2007-03-07 20:57:19 · answer #3 · answered by drakshug 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
knoppix. www.knoppix.net
2007-03-04 06:26:20 · answer #4 · answered by hw 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋