DSL on Kingston USB DriveForum: USB booting Topic: DSL on Kingston USB Drive started by: goranx Posted by goranx on Jan. 07 2006,19:36
I downloaded dsl.iso and tried almost everything to run it from USB FLash drive, but no success. I am going crazy. I am new at this, I have to add.I have Kingston Data Traveler 2.0 256 MB. Can someone explain me how to put dsl on USB drive and boot i? FIrst of all, is it even possible? I tried something else. I burned the ISO to a CD, but it wouldn't boot from it either. I don't know what's the problem. I have to add that, at the moment, I don't have Linux installed on my system. I really want this, so if anyone of you knows how I could do it, please help me. Thanks in advance Posted by Onyarian on Jan. 07 2006,21:36
I have it in a Kingston Data Traveler 2.0 1GB and works fine.Quickly: Burn the iso in a CD. Boot from the CD. If your PC does not boot from the CD, you have to download first the image from a diskette to boot the CD, after the download and write it in a diskette you can boot the CD. In the desktop open a terminal and with cfdisk you have to crate 2 partitions, one for the instalation and the other for swap (and if you want another for your data). Go to app, tools and install to USB pendrive. That's all Better if you raed before all the lot of documentation in wiki or in this forum with the search machine. Have fun! Onyarian Posted by goranx on Jan. 07 2006,21:47
Thanks a lot for your reply. I will try it later. I hope that will work. I already have dsl burned on CD, but the computer wouldn't boot from the CD. I will try with floppy image.Thanks man. Posted by roberts on Jan. 07 2006,22:45
I would not place swap on a pendrive.Your pendrive won't last long with such use. Posted by goranx on Jan. 07 2006,23:42
Hey, I can't open the image file "bootfloppy-usb.img". I tried WinImage, but it crashes, and other won't open it. What software can extract this file?
Posted by roberts on Jan. 08 2006,00:17
rawwrite
Posted by Goran on Jan. 08 2006,15:21
I am close to giving up. I also have Linux XP, but it wouldn't boot from the CD. I need an Operating System that I acn carry with me on a CD or a USB FLash Drive.Does someone know such OS, that will work??? THanks in advance Posted by jaegerbom on Jan. 11 2006,22:37
There's lots and lots of bootable media, use google and search for bootable cd, or bart pe...try ultimatebootcd.com many linux distros come with live cd versions... ie; bootable cd I've used ubuntu, suse try distrowatch.com and look for live distros Posted by jaegerbom on Jan. 11 2006,22:39
fyi... you cant juts put an iso file on a cdr and expect it to boot, you have to copy the iso file to cd as though you're copying cd's... and copy from iso image
Posted by Xenon on Jan. 23 2006,17:02
Goran,Try PuppyLinux. Works fine on my 256MB Kingston < http://www.goosee.com/puppy/ > I couldn't get DSL to boot. Embedded version works fine. (How do I save my profile? How do I access files on my USB stick/hard drive? All folders are empty... Oh well... Good product anyway! Maybe some day I'll understand it...) Posted by pvdvyve on Jan. 24 2006,09:17
You have to read more stuff before acting...If you burn your cd or usb stick or whatever, from an .iso file, burn it as an iso file, and not just as data. By the way read more on: "What's an iso file?" You are an internet user, so go and find some stuff about it, read and try to understand. For an image of a floppy: the same thing. Do not just copy that file onto a floppy. Use the right way to make a bootable floppy. If you use GNU/Linux, it's just a command in a console. If you use microsoft windows you have to use a specific cute little pinquin-program to write the image to a floppy. You possible can find it here: < THIS LINK PLEASE > or < HERE > If you are new to GNU, you also can try Knoppix or Slax, which runs KDE as GUI, and you will feel more relaxed as a windows user. If you want to try Gnome as GUI, try the GNU/Linux live cd of the Ubuntu project, very nice. Success with your project. |