Boot from USB

Forum: USB booting
Topic: Boot from USB
started by: BCHurricane89

Posted by BCHurricane89 on Feb. 08 2007,22:14

Hello, I have just learned about DSL, and was searching in the forums for topics realting to a tutorial for installing, and booting DSL from a USB flash drive. Anyways, my school block a bunch of websites. One of my friends says that you can use DSL, and boot it from your flash drive (not installing on the schools computers!) go into firefox, and turn off the proxy, and go to any site you want. I was just wondering how I would go about doing this. what files to download, and how to boot from the USB flash drive. I didnt see any tutorials in the forum, or any "stickys." Thanks for your help!

Posted by ^thehatsrule^ on Feb. 09 2007,01:24

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turn off the proxy

No, that would be hacking your school network. You can use another additional proxy instead, but that would probably be violating your terms of use anyways.

Posted by BCHurricane89 on Feb. 09 2007,20:14

and I care why? my friends do it all the time, not like the school knows.

Posted by BCHurricane89 on Feb. 09 2007,20:15

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and I care why? my friends do it all the time, not like the school knows.

plus, all the proxy sotes are forbidden, ive been down that route.

Posted by gr33k? on Feb. 11 2007,02:53

Try unblock.in that proxy isn't blocked at my school..

Posted by velociraptor on Feb. 15 2007,01:20

I used the docs in the wiki here:

< http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/wiki/index.php/USB_Booting >

I did have a problem with it booting from a USB port directly attached to the mobo (the infamous "Can't find KNOPPIX file system, sorry" error). I resolved this by plugging the flash drive into an unpowered USB hub (keyboard). I am going to test with a powered hub tomorrow.

Be aware that even though you may think that your school is not tracking your activities when you use a USB key, they may still be logging outbound traffic that doesn't traverse the proxy (this is a lot easier than you might think).

If you really want to protect your activities, you should look into a locally encrypting proxy or tunneling software (e.g. Tor/Privoxy/SSL tunnel/etc). You might also want to have a chat with your parents about the school's censoring so that if you do get caught violating the school's computer TOS/TOU they understand why you did so (e.g. accessing MySpace might not be a good reason to risk getting disciplined).

HTH--
=V=

Posted by MakodFilu on Feb. 15 2007,18:28

[Deleted, wrong thread] :oops: