#Install linux on usb stick how to
Here I show how to install using the businesscard iso, but I've done this with the regular Debian DVD version in the past.Or just work in the terminal - use mutt for email, mcabber for chat, elinks for http/www etc. Note that a tiny 2 Gb USB stick isn't suitable for a full Debian + Gnome installation.You can use either virtualbox or quemu for this. Choose to boot from usb. Older BIOSes can't boot from USB. Hit F12 (or F10 or del or F2) during the bios start-up to select boot medium. boot from your USB drive and go through the same steps as for a CD. Become root and use cat to write the iso to the USB deviceĪnd write (assuming that the device name is sdc and you are using the businesscard iso)Ĭat debian-6.0.3-amd64-businesscard.iso > /dev/sdcĮ. Plug in and mount your USB device and find out the device name of your USB drive. Downloading a business-card/netinstall iso is another, if you'll have a working internet connection available.ī. With the current 'hybrid' Debian iso's it couldn't be easier.
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Creating a USB version of a live CD - the boring option In 2 we make a real, bootable installation on a usb drive.ġ. In 1 we do the old boring bog-standard 'write live cd to a usb' thingy that you see pasted all over the web, but using cat instead of unetbootin. While those posts -describing the use of unetbootin to create a 'live' USB analogue to a live CD - may be technically correct, there's just so much more you can do. Update 17 March 2013: See this post for a faster, better way of creating a full install if you're already running Debian.Įvery now and again I get posts like this one, or this one, via google news.