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This page is about boot Linux via ["USB"] pendrives in any computer. | This page is about boot Linux via ["USB"] pendrives in any computer with USB-BIOS capability. |
This page is about boot Linux via ["USB"] pendrives in any computer with USB-BIOS capability.
BIOS and USB standard mass storage interface
There are two common BIOS methods for direct USB booting:
- One method is called the "USBHDD" method and it is used to support the booting of standard USB mass storage devices that are configured like a normal PC hard drive.
- The other method is called the "USBZIP" method and it supports booting from a USB storage device that behaves like the original IOMEGA ZIP drive with USB support.
Most computers (just about all Dells, for example) made today have a BIOS that supports the USBHDD method so I expect that this will eventually become the standard way to boot a USB device. However, many motherboards will support BOTH methods, and many older motherboards have USBZIP support.
You need a USB device with standard mass storage interface and with, at least, 128 MBytes (the distros uses generally 50 -64 MB) to work with Linux.
See StandardPendrive.
=== USB pendrive location and mount===
Most USB pendrives are located at device name "?sda" after they are plugged into the USB port.
However, you can verify this location by typing this command inside a terminal window:
- dmesg | grep scsi -A 3
and it should tell you the device name for your USB (SCSI emulated) devices and vendor name.
See : ["dmesg"].
If you cannot find it, you have to load the ?UsbStorage ["module"] (type in a ["terminal"] modprobe usb-storage) and ["mount"] the usb FileSystem s (mount -t usb-devfs none /proc/bus/usb ).
Store your USB pendrive data and format it with ["fdisk"] with ["root"].
There is two installation methods:
You have to use a IsoBuster .
DamnSmallLinux, that uses FluxBox , where the majority of Debian USB distros are based . Flonix : based on DamnSmallLinux, but uses IceWM instead of FluxBox . Fedora / RedHat: ?PuppyLinux , that uses FVWM-95 graphical environment.
[http://d-i.alioth.debian.org/manual/en.powerpc/ch04s04.html Preparing Files for USB Memory Stick Booting]. [http://www.pcquest.com/content/linux/104010505.asp Booting Linux off USB Storage]. [http://d-i.pascal.at/Installing Debian Sarge from a USB memory stick (USB key)]. [http://rz-obrian.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de/knoppix-usb/ Boot KNOPPIX from an USB Memory Stick]. [http://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/2004/11/msg01601.html Reboot from USB]. [http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page Damn Small Linux USB boot]. [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bootflashlinux Mail list about booting Debian from a USB flashdrive]. See also: ?BootingFromFloppyToUsb . Format the USB key
Installation methods
Obtain the installation files from ISO file
USB Debian distros
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