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24 questions linked to/from Booting Linux off USB pendrives
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computer build for extreme tabbed browsing
I'm interested in building or buying a task-specific computer for my brother. His requirements are ridiculously simple: the machine has to be able to wait in hundreds of web-based virtual waiting ...
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Install persistent Ubuntu Lucid Lynx on 16 GB pen Drive
I am using Windows XP and I want to install Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Lucid Lynx on my 16 GB pen drive. I have a live Ubuntu disc. I want my install to be persistent so that whatever changes I make are ...
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How to install an OS on a nettop?
I order a "Giada Slim N10" without an OS. It does not have a CD drive so I understand i need to install an OS from a USB. how do you the windows version that runs from a USB? and is there an Open ...
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How do I configure nVidia drivers on a Portable Ubuntu setup?
I've been pulling my hair out over this one for a couple of days now, google is no help.
I've created a wonderful (until this issue) portable copy of Ubuntu linux that will boot on mostly anything by ...
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how to diagnose a hard system seizure? Dell+Ubuntu
I've got Ubuntu 9.10 on a Dell Vostro 420 desktop, a little over a year old, which I use for plain vanilla work stuff (email, web, terminal, text editor). Every now and then, at totally random times, ...
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Is it possible to boot straight into a SSH terminal?
I have a laptop that no longer has a HDD. I was hoping to find a small img to flash to a flash drive and boot from that would allow me to use it as a SSH terminal. Is there anything out there for ...
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Can we install Linux on a portable hard drive and use that for booting? [duplicate]
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Booting Linux off USB pendrives
Can we install Linux on a portable hard drive and use that for booting? My laptop has Vista Professional installed, but I want to use multiple ...
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Vfat file system on usb-drive for Windows and Linux compatibility
I've just formatted by usb drive to vfat, as I heard that is best to use in both Linux and Windows? What do you think?
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Can I revert back to Ubuntu 9.04 when I've upgraded to 9.10
Can I revert back to Ubuntu 9.04 when I've upgraded to 9.10? I really want to install Ubuntu 9.10 but I'm scared if it does not work, if I will be able to go back to 9.04?
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How to execute a script while booting Linux from flashdrive?
I know i can make my script run at boot time in runlevel 2 by putting it in /etc/init.d/ and creating a symbolic to it in /etc/rc2.d but thats when Linux is on hard drive.
I want to run my script ...
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Ubuntu karmic 9.10 Live image on USB is not working
This is my configuration:
4GB HP pendrive
Ubuntu-9.10-desktop-i386 image file for live USB install
pendrivelinux (u910p) and ubetbootin (unetbootin.sourceforge.net)
T61 machine
Earlier I have ...
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Not authorized to mount on persistent-USB Lucid installation
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I use a persistent Ubuntu installation on a USB stick (16GB).
The purpose is to carry the USB flash instead of a netbook/laptop;
I usually find a laptop/pc handy close by to work with so ...
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Resize Linux root partition from a flash drive [closed]
I need to make my root partition bigger to add more free space. Is there a Linux version that will fit on a small usb flash drive that has the tools I need? I plan to boot a Linux distro from a flash ...
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Is it possible to boot live USB with latest Kubuntu version 9.10, as is possible with Ubuntu?
I see a few guides for Ubuntu on a thumb drive, but will it work for Kubuntu?
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Make "Try Ubuntu" dialog box non-interactive
I have Ubuntu 11.04 32-bit installed on a usb drive. Every time I boot the drive my work laptop Ubuntu asks me if I want to 'Try Ubuntu' without installing or 'Install Ubuntu.' I always click 'Try'
I ...
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