Linux Live CDs

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About a month ago my 80gb ps3′s blue ray lazer went to crap, so me being impatient just went out and bought another playstation 3 (im addicted to cod mw2). Anyways i want to install linux on my old ps3, considering it still runs. But the problem is i cant boot a live cd. So can you boot ubuntu on the ps3 through a thumb drive?

I am taking a intro to Linux course and would like to set up a Linux live-usb so I can get some practice using the command line terminal and do my Linux home work.

I don’t understand what to set my bio’s to, to boot from the usb flash drive.
It has choices like boot from usb SD reader, usb CF reader, usb SM reader, usb MS reader etc…… Will any of those settings work for a flash drive?

Also do I need to transfer everything off my flash drive before I install the Linux to it?
or can I partition with files already on the drive as long as there’s space for the Linux OS?

It’s an 8 gig flash drive.

And after the Linux live-usb is created can I still use it for normal drag and drop storage from my windows pc or will it now be just a Linux live-usb?

My text book came with a Fedora CD but it seems to be a install disk and not a live-cd. If I use the CD to install Fedora on my pc will it mess up my windows or will it just ask me to partition space for the Fedora? I guess I don’t understand if partitioning is something you can do at any time safely or if it’s just done with fresh formatting etc…

I would just order a live-cd but I don’t have time to wait.

Thanks for any help/advice.

I’m looking for a Live CD version of Linux to run a an old laptop. Basically what I want from the Linux distro is some form of GUI and USB flash drive support. It needs to run on these specs:

-Pentium III @ 450Mhz
-128MB RAM
-8MB Video memory
-about 6GB Hard Drive
- Currently runs Windows 98.
- It is a Dell Latitude CPx

So what would be ideal? Thanks for any suggestions.

My Sony Vaio PCG-591L had Windows XP installed on it, and I was trying to install the Fedora 11 distribution of Linux on it. I didn’t have a cd on hand, and it doesn’t seem like the system supported booting from a flash drive, so i looked far and wide for an alternative method for installation. I came across a tutorial (http://www.instantfundas.com/2007/08/install-any-linux-distro-directly-from.html ) and followed the instructions to the best of my abilities. I believe that my lack of understanding in the department of partitions was the reason it didn’t work.I came across a program called Universal Netboot Installer, which claimed to automatically install any distribution of Linux automatically. I attempted to use it and my computer crashed. Now when I turn it on, it won’t boot and it gives me a message saying

A disk read error occurred
Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart

The computer also emits a strange clicking sound at random intervals. it sounds like a woodpecker, or somebody at an old-fashioned typewriter.

PLEASE HELP

How do i get my system to boot again?

I’m fine with losing all previous data. I don’t mind if this is a strictly Linux system.

I have a Fedora 11 live cd now, but i can’t get my computer to boot from it.

My Sony Vaio PCG-591L had Windows XP installed on it, and I was trying to install the Fedora 11 distribution of Linux on it. I didn’t have a cd on hand, and it doesn’t seem like the system supported booting from a flash drive, so i looked far and wide for an alternative method for installation. I came across a tutorial (http://www.instantfundas.com/2007/08/install-any-linux-distro-directly-from.html ) and followed the instructions to the best of my abilities. I believe that my lack of understanding in the department of partitions was the reason it didn’t work.I came across a program called Universal Netboot Installer, which claimed to automatically install any distribution of Linux automatically. I attempted to use it and my computer crashed. Now when I turn it on, it won’t boot and it gives me a message saying

A disk read error occurred
Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart

The computer also emits a strange clicking sound at random intervals. it sounds like a woodpecker, or somebody at an old-fashioned typewriter.

PLEASE HELP

How do i get my system to boot again?

I’m fine with losing all previous data. I don’t mind if this is a strictly Linux system.

I have a Fedora 11 live cd now, but i can’t get my computer to boot from it.