I’m Using Knoppix Linux and i want to write partitions on my A Data 2 Gb flash drive so that i can have a live cd on that drive. It is in FAT 32 format and the CFDISK program wont let me write partitions because it says Fatal Error: Bad primary Partition 0. Partition Begins with end-of-disk. My ultimate goal is to have linux on a pendrive to boot to other computers and the instructions i got tell me to write partitions.
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It has to be run from a live CD or flash drive, unless you can tell me how to get an OS boot menu without messing up windows xp. I currently have Knoppix.
Today is the first time i have ever used Linux, I have herd alot of good and bad things, so i decided to try it for my self. So far i am amazed at its speed and stabality.
now im using UBUNTU, its great, takes a fue menits to get wsed to the color of it but then its great and easy on the eys.
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Tagged boot, boot menu, drive, flash drive, knoppix, Linux, menu, os boot, version, windows xp
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?
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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.
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Tagged BIOS, boot, command, course, drive, flash drive, intro, line terminal, Linux, Live, practice, usb
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.
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