bootable USB

[kitepilot at kitepilot.com]

To 'create a bootable USB with persistence' is a different deal than to 
'install Linux on a removable HD'
The first one is a pain, the second is trivial.
Dumb, if you will   ...    :)
ET 

 

Michael Havens writes: 

> I thought it was more complicated because I thought the files needed to
> compress/expand. 
> 
> :-)~MIKE~(-: 
> 
> 
> On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 7:00 AM, <kitepilot at kitepilot.com> wrote: 
> 
>> I am dumb, so I do dumb things:
>> 1.- Boot with the install CD of your preference (Debian in my book),
>> 2.- plug the USB,
>> 3.- find the /dev/sd? of the USB (cat /prop/partitions),
>> 4.- run a normal install to the USB,
>> 5.- move on to your next geeky project...
>> YMMV
>> ET 
>>
>>
>> Michael Havens writes: 
>>
>>> how does one create a bootable USB with persistance with an alread
>>> downloaded ISO? Pendrive linux sounds like it shold do it but it is for
>>> creating the drive from Windows. Another one would do it but it has to
>>> download the ISO each time. Any ideas?
>>> :-)~MIKE~(-: 
>>>
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