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cp command to make bootable iso image usb
A lot of discussions exist here on making a bootable USB stick.
Debian manual on installing Wheezy suggest the following:
# cp debian.iso /dev/sdX
# sync
Making sure the USB device is first ...
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How to create a boot program that will ask which Rescue Disk to load?
Hello I have huge collection of rescue disks and live OSs. I have extracted them in my USB pendrive. I want "boot program script" that will ask on start which rescue program or live OS is to be loaded....
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Boot Ubuntu from Multi Partition USB drive
I have an USB that is of 3 partitions G:\, H:\ and I:\
Both G:\ and H:\ are write protected. I have recently installed Ubuntu 13 in I:\ drive using the USB Installer.
I would like to Try Ubuntu ...
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Can't boot from USB - even with BIOS set correctly
I can't boot from USB even though the BIOS is set to boot from USB first. Windows Boot manager somehow seems to be taking precedence. I have Windows 7, Linux Mint and Ubuntu installed on my hard-drive....
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creating shared storage space for linux build on 32 GB USB
I'm building LFS to a 32 GB USB key and I am wondering if anyone could point me in the right direction for some information on how to format my USB key to meet the following requirements:
when booted ...
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Will Linux Boot Faster if I install it to My Hard Drive?
I currently have a live usb of Linux Mint 14, and while I'm pretty happy with it, I just want to confirm, will it boot faster if I actually install it onto my hard drive? That would be the main reason ...
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Howto create a bootable pendrive for windows manually on Linux? [duplicate]
I've been trying around but am not through yet. Where is my procedure failing? I have a 2G usb disk which I prepare the following way:
1 - Make a partition with fdisk yielding /dev/sdb1
2 - mkfs.ntfs ...
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How to make iso image in Ubuntu linux that booted from live usb?
How to make an iso image in Ubuntu 12.04 linux that booted from live usb?
The normal way as I understand is to use dd:
umount /dev/cdrom
dd if=/dev/cdrom of=/media/EOS_DIGITAL/snow_leopard_cd_bydd
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How make bootable usb with Windows XP liveCD from linux (debian)
how to create bootable USB with Windows XP liveCD. For Linux liveCD/DVD I can write cat <debian-iso> > /dev/<flash-drive>, but in windows case this doesn't works
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USB stick does not boot on laptop
I just created a bootable usb stick with a linux distro (Trinitry rescue kit), in order to get rid of viruses on a windows 7 laptop, an acer 1410. The stick boots other laptops and desktops but not ...
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How to Boot Linux OS from USB drive?
I have a PC but CD Drive is bad so not working and USB ports are working.
I want to install Linux Os from my USB pen drive. How can I do that ?
if any one know then reply me.
thanks
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GRUB error: unknown filesystem
I replaced my old laptop drive which was win7 and ubuntu dual boot with an SSD.
Now I connected the old drive through a USB adapter and I want to boot from it.
But this comes up:
unknown filesystem
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Run Windows XP (VM) from bootable USB (linux)
Is there any setup that will allow one to plug in and boot via USB (most likely a linux distro) and then bring up Windows XP (or any OS) in a VM?
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How to disable 3G USB Modem internal storage from being loaded by linux kernel?
I've got a problem with my 3G modem [Huawei E122].
It has internal storage and kernel assigns a device [/dev/sdX] to it.
Because of that, every second time my machine will not boot - kernel panic - as ...
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Boot Linux USB Drive From USB Floppy
I have a USB drive on which I want to install Arch Linux (using the installer, not unetbootin or something similar, as I want the drive to be persistent.) The computer from which I want to boot this ...
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