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Could I make changes to a bootable Ubuntu ISO by booting into it, making changes within the OS, and re-exporting the ISO?
Suppose I have a bootable Ubuntu ISO. I would like to make several changes to the image at the OS level. The changes I want to make include changing the default user password, as well as a few other ...
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Trying to create a simple DOS boot USB stick [closed]
Pretty simple request. I'd like to make a bootable USB stick that contains DOS files to let me update the BIOS on an old motherboard.
I know about DOS boot disks from AllBootDisks - https://www....
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Why is Macbook Pro 2019 with Intel & T2 NOT recognizing live USB for dual booting Linux using T2Linux ISO image?
Macbook Pro 2019 is NOT recognizing live USB for dual booting linux using https://t2linux.org ISO image
If I use 'Option' key, it will just show the single option, Macintosh HD and boot into MacOS
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USB with Kali Linux 2024.1 (not live) installed not visible in boot menu
Specifications:
Laptop: Lenovo Legion Pro 5i (Gen 8)
CPU: i9 (13th Gen)
GPU: Nvidia Geforce RTX 4060
USB B is a SanDisk Ultra Luxe (128GB)
For context:
Secure boot is off.
USB ports are working ...
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After installing Debian on USB stick, stick does not boot on MacBook
My goal is to install Debian to be bootable from a usb stick on a MacBook with two usb ports. To do so I booted from Debian Live flash on the first usb port. Next I used to Debian installer to ...
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How to boot an HP XW8000 from a USB flash drive?
I have an old XW8000 machine that I’ve been trying and failing boot from USB flash drive for the last week.
I’ve tried burning Ubuntu 6.0, 8.0, 14.0, 22.04 on USB media using PowerIso and BalenaEtcher ...
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Why is USB stick not booting to update BIOS? Is this possible?
I want to update the BIOS for a system. I downloaded the latest ISO of the BIOS directly from the system's manufacturer.
I used Linux Mint's USB Image Writer to make a bootable USB stick of the ISO. ...
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How to install full linux to a usb drive like unetbootin
I have recently looked into linux as my mac is currently at 10.12 and I need to run newer apps but currently cannot get a new computer. I have decided to move to linux but I don't want to touch the ...
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Is it possible to download a Linux bootable operating system direct to a wiped HDD?
I am in the hospital and have no money so don't need advise me to get a USB drive please.
I purchased a laptop which ended up having BitLocker enabled when I disabled secure boot.
I have a 3.5GB USB ...
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Boot 3.0 USB on Surface Go 3 works with adapter but not with USB hub
I'm trying to boot a permanently installed Linux from a portable SSD on my Surface Go 3.
The SSD has GRUB installed on it and basically works just line any other portable Linux. I have confirmed that ...
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How to get live USB to print verbose output during Linux boot
In the case of an installed Linux, such as Debian/Ubuntu or derivatives, it is possible to edit the Grub config file like this:
sudo vi /etc/default/grub
and comment out this line:
#...
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How to boot my laptop from USB pendrive with Fedora
I have a laptop with Windows 11 installed. I wanted to change the OS to Linux, specifically Fedora. I installed Fedora Media Writer and created a bootable pendrive (Fedora Workstation 38). I changed ...
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Bootable Windows USB UEFI and GPT table
I have an Windows 10 iso
I have an SD card with an SD card reader (basically a slow pen drive)
I have created an GPT partition table on the pen drive* with one partition of full space.I have copied ...
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Arch Linux USB installation media reboots to Windows after few minutes
I made an Arch Linux bootable USB drive using Ventoy. After booting into the USB drive, everything was fine until it gets stuck on "Wait until kernel time synchronized" session. Then it ...
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Persistence usb drive debian not working correctly on bios legacy
I tried installing debian lxqt with persistence partition on usb by selecting persistence partition on rufus (bios and uefi mode) and also from this thread link, but i end up getting the same result - ...
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