Questions tagged [liveusb]

A Live USB is a USB flash drive designed to act like a Live CD. An operating system is installed to it and it may be booted, but it does not install itself on the computer's hard drive(s).

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How to adjust the size of the root partition on live Arch Linux system? (/dev/mapper/arch_root-image)

Summary: I created a bootable usb drive with a live Bridge linux (ARCH based) on it. Everything works fine. The live system mounts a device called /dev/mapper/arch_root-image as its ext4 root ...
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Laptop as *primary* display for desktop PC via LAN remote desktop

As the title says, I want to use a laptop as the primary display for a desktop PC. There's a few added challenges to this, however: The desktop PC does not have a display device of its own. By ...
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Will the usb disk wear out when it is set to read-only

I'm aware that usbs' have a limited read/write cycles. What if, I put a whole linux installation, about 4Gb, on a usb and set the usb to read-only. Then set a ramfs for those apps that needed a ...
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Tails "clone" LiveUSB wont boot

I'll try to be as clear as possible. I did install Tails to a USB, then I cloned it over another USB and thats where the problems started. The "clone tails usb" won't start in my laptop. I did try ...
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Is there Linux Live USB that works with Snow Leopard macbook pro from 2010 april

I was searching for a long time for a Linux Live USB that I can boot my MacBook Pro from. Is there such a distro I can install on Snow Leopard or Windows 7? Update: I've found this: "isohybrid" CD ...
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Launch debian 9 installer from live session

I've just burned debian-live-9.4.0-amd64-gnome to a usb pen drive. Then started the live session and now I want to start the installer. I have to go into the live session because I have to manually ...
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Is there a way to turn removable drives into fixed ones in windows 10?

I want to run windows 10 off a live flash drive and I need a page file. It doesn't matter how effective that page file actually is, it is only required to fill a virtual memory requirement for ...
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Boot Kali with custom Filesystem

I'm trying to customize my "filesystem.squashfs" file, for my Kali live system. For modifying I used "unsquash" and for rebuilding "mksquash" without additional parameters. Now I replaced the old ...
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bootable USB key cannot boot in legacy mode?

I used the netbootin to generate a Mint 17.1 live USB on a EFI kubuntu system. It can be boot in computer with UEFI mode. However, if I change to legacy mode, the live USB cannot boot at all. Is ...
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Can I update a Mint 14 Debian-Edition persistent Live USB System

I've installed Mint 14 Debian Edition on an USB-Stick (actually a SDCard in an USB card reader) with the help of UNetbootin, created an additional ext2 partition called live-rw and added the '...
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How can I make a Linux USB installation persistent from a running instance

I am writing this from Kubuntu running from a USB (Started as "Demo") How can I make the changes I make persistent? (From inside this running instance).ion If not, how can I make it persistent before ...
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BIOS works, but laptop is not booting. Just goes to a Lenovo logo or a blank screen on a Lenovo Ideapad 3 14ALC6 laptop

I have a Lenovo Ideapad 3 14ALC6 laptop that I bought listed with a defective SSD. When I got it, put in a new, working confirmed SSD, it still didn't work. After troubleshooting, here's where I'm at: ...
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VM, dual book + VM, or multiple machines?

I'm trying to configure my long term setup and have a menu of many devices, although most of them are older and have an issue or two. Lenovo ThinkCentre M82 SFF w/ Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3570 CPU @ 3....
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Can a malware infect my main drive when I'm using a different OS on a external drive?

I've installed Linux Mint to an external drive to visit sites I find suspicious. My main drive has Windows 11 installed on it with a Microsoft account and a password. So my question is: Can a malware ...
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Maximizing compatibility for bootable USB flash drive

I wish to have a set of bootable USB sticks in my EDC/travel kit. I have a small case in which I can carry a few tiny USB sticks. What configurations should I opt for in order to maximise ...
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Gparted: the boot texts appear but GUI does not

I had an issue with booting Windows10 cause somehow I lost all my partitions on the SSD where my windows was installed. I am trying to recover that using Gparted live USB. The boot process starts with ...
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How to Create an ISO Capturing a Windows 10 Installation

I have installed and customized Windows 10 on my desktop computer. I want to create an ISO that captures this installation, including all its settings and installed software. I plan to load this ISO ...
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USB stick with two partitions, one with a Debian image, won't boot

I have a 16 GB USB stick that I split into two partitions using gnome-disks. The first one is an NTFS partition that I use like a normal USB stick for storage. On the second one, I installed the ...
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Is it possible to make HD / SSD with Windows 10 from an old PC bootable on USB?

The motherboard of my laptop died, so I decided to buy a case for the SSD I had in that laptop. That SSD has Windows 10 in it. I have opened it on another PC to retrieve my important files so now I'm ...
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Boot from USB device

I'm trying to boot from a USB-Stick. The legacy support of USB Mass Storage is enabled, but the devices are not listed in the bios under "*** USB Mass Storage Device Boot Setting ***" On ...
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How can I boot a Live CD on laptop with broken internal hdd?

My laptop’s internal hard drive is broken, and while there is an SSD, it is 22GB capacity and is also not the boot drive. Whenever I try to boot from a Live CD (ParrotOS) it loops an I/O error (...
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How to know if the hard drive is corrupted or the iso or the usb?

I had deleted all the partirions of my internal hard disk and created an unallocated space for the clean installation of windows 7. I also have a bootable usb of windows 7. But when I boot from it, it ...
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How do I make a Kali Linux live USB with persistence

I bought a pretty large USB drive to turn into a live USB to use to boot Kali Linux on. I am doing this on my Chromebook, so I used the tool "Chromebook Recovery Utility" to flash the file (...
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Laptop doesn't boot nor enter bios

Model: samsung np300e5x Short story: The laptop doesn’t boot from anywhere (usb sticks nor cd) and I can’t enter bios (by pressing buttons nor via app menu). Long story: On the hdd I had Xubuntu ...
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Failed Live Ubuntu 18.04 LTS USB Drive with Persistent Storage

I've tried different methods to create a live persistent copy of Ubuntu 18.04 in my USB drive. However, none of the methods I've tried (Rufus, Live USB Creator, etc) keep the data saved after booting ...
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What file stores the theme that XFCE uses on boot?

I'm working on a custom live boot of Debian with XFCE and I want to boot to a specific theme by default. I have the theme loaded onto the ISO so it's available when it boots, but it still boots to the ...
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Ubuntu: keyboard and mouse not working (Mac)

-Ubuntu 16.04.4 -(Mac) -(Live USB with persistence) -(Created with UNETBootin) First boot, the home screen shows up and i see the cursor at the center of the screen but nothing works (neither mouse ...
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What to repair? Not booting, grub not accessible, first hard disk not booting from different grub

I am unsure how to repair my computer. First, I thought it would be about GRUB2, but I'm not sure anymore. I can: access BIOS. Booting from Live USB works fine. (It's EFI) access the F12-menu, ...
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Keyboard not working in FreeBSD installer on MacBook Pro 2017

I'm trying to install FreeBSD 11.1-RELEASE on my 2017 MacBook Pro (the touch bar one). It boots the bootloader screen fine, and the keyboard works perfectly there. However, as soon as I select a boot ...
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Can I make a Windows 10 recovery drive by running a program from a Live USB?

My computer will blue screen soon after logging in, so I can't make a recovery drive from within Windows. I tried making an image of my recovery partition with Clonezilla, but I didn't understand what ...
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Dealing with the CS24-NV7

I just recently bought one of these to make a homelab. I was going to buy more but it seems whatever I try it will not work, I’ve tried booting ubuntu server from USB (one setup through a uui and ...
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When powering down kali linux, I get the message "Other users are logged in."

This is what is displayed: image of what is displayed I am currently logged in as root, so is root (console) a separate user? I just finished setting everything up so I can boot kali from a usb with ...
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Updating the kernel on a Linux Mint Live USB

I'm following this guide: https://community.linuxmint.com/tutorial/view/1784 to update a Linux Mint ISO. Specifically, I'd like to update the kernel of this version of Mint to 4.4.8. For kernel ...
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Can a live USB be "partitioned" so I can use it for both normal files AND an OS?

I normally use a USB for carrying files around, like anyone. However, I'm now also carrying a Linux distro around on a live USB to boot from. Is it possible to combine these? The USB is 16GB, so it is ...
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Can I use Windows to Go as it were a Linux live distro?

I hold a tablet with Windows 8 installed and I want to be able to boot a totally empty operative system from there when I cope with financial activities. My primary option would be run a Linux live ...
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Burned TrentaOS ISO to USB Stick: Not detected in UEFI

Well, I decided to try out the TrentaOS distribution and downloaded their ISO image from sourceforge. First, because I was on Windows, I tried to burn that image to my USB stick with Rufus, but when I ...
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YUMI reliability problems

I'm using YUMI by Pendrivelinux to make a multiboot flash drive, but it seems to be unreliable. I have a USB 3.0 64GB flash drive and I can get it to boot, but I've had problems. Seemingly ...
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Can rootkits and malwares affect a live ubuntu usb with no peristence?

Can rootkits and malwares affect a live ubuntu usb with no peristence ? Can any malware possibly persist and affect all the sessions ? Also, can it affect current session if it cannot persist ? I am ...
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NEC computer won't boot from USB - I have tried everything I can think of

System hangs after 'Verifying DMI Pool Data.......Update Success" I have tried: Set boot priority (USB boot supported) Reset BIOS Search for BIOS update - none available Booting from CD - this works ...
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Windows won't boot after trying to boot linux live usb

I've created a Linux Tails liveUSB with YUMI, and tried to boot it. I got to the main screen where you get to choose which distro you'd like to boot (since YUMI makes multiboot usb) but I chose the "...
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External video card prevents liveUSB bootup

External video card prevents liveUSB bootup Whenever I attempt to boot any Ubuntu liveUSB with a PCI video card installed, I see the initial ubuntu screen then it reverts to a text screen with the ...
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Missing Operating System message while booting

I just erased my whole disk drive and I created a single unpartitioned space to my hard drive using GParted(http://gparted.org) usb stick (which proves that this system can boot from usb). The problem ...
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How can I create an Ubuntu 14.04 live CD from a persistent live usb stick?

I have installed some apps on the usb stick. The usb works wonderfully and I simply wish to transplant it onto DVDs. I created an .img file of the USB stick and burned it onto DVD, but it didn't work. ...
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Kali linux throws ' isolinux.bin missing or corrupt ' error using USB 3.0

I'm having a problem with a Live USB Kali Linux with Encrypted Persistence. I've downloaded kali-linux-1.0.9a-amd64.iso from the www.kali.org for my 64bit machine. And I've make sure with the checksum ...
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Error "usb 4-5: string descriptor 0 reado error: -22" when booting into Ubuntu

I'm assembling a computer to use as an HTPC/small home server. Here's the hardware I have: Motherboard Asrock FM2A88X-ITX+ CPU AMD A10-7700K (3.5GHz) Black Edition RAM Kingston 2x4GB DD3 1600MHz ...
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USB live boot into any windows OS?

I want to boot from a USB stick into a windows OS (any), however I can't find an ISO that will work on my USB. I have found pe builder but its a windows program and I am on linux. Could anyone link ...
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Linux on USB 3.0 flash drive/SSD disc - load to RAM or standard boot

I am thinking of getting myself a portable (generic x86_64) Linux distro (Gentoo or Kali) on a USB stick. The thing is that I am unsure whether to: load it to ram at boot (as some livecds do), or ...
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Booting Linux from USB - countdown repeating

I have a Windows computer that I am trying to convert to Linux. I have downloaded the .iso file from Linux Mint 14 and have used UNetbootin to convert my USB to a bootable drive. I choose to boot ...
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Having a hard time with live-debian on USB

I already tried everything.... I download the file from this link: http://live.debian.net/cdimage/release/current/i386/usb-hdd/debian-live-6.0.6-i386-kde-desktop.img and then I dd the image to my USB ...
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Error while booting Fedora 17 from Live USB on Windows 8 HP Envy 4 1102tx

I am trying to run Fedora 17 using a Live USB on my recently bought HP Envy 4 1102tx which came with Windows 8 pre-installed. My system has a 500GB HDD and a 32GB SSD. Every time I try to boot from ...
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