How to make a linux on a usb stick?
It is a question that many have put it but have not found a raspuns.Acum this response in this video tutorial on how put a Linux on a USB stick.
This video tutorial is part of a long series of tutorials about free software, open source software and Linux distributions.
Unetbootin is the application with which we will put a linux on any usb stick, this is a free application, but also very powerful, being unbelievable how easy it is to pay for the task of making a bootable usb stick.
This usb stick with linux on it resulted from the operation in the tutorial, not only is it made very fast but it is also bootable… ..Incredible!
by Cristian Cismaru
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For your visual comfort of this tutorial video can be watched full screen (Fullscreen)
cool program and easy walked with him looking so much but my question is do you put and windows xp usb stick with the same program
Congratulations for what you do I'm glad there are still people like you. I would not know if there is a tutorial on how to win xp chicken stick. Thank you super good although it is a poor word. THANK YOU
We do not have xp stick for now but will be with installing a xp stick (ideal is an external hard drive that stick not last time) and install a xp on the stick (for notebooks as eepc )
Hello guys !
Glad you made this tutorial on installing the Linux OS on the stick.
I would ask you to do a tutorial for XP.
Thank you
I have a question I hope I do not seem imbecile: Cefaclor with linuxu that after you put the stick he can sainstalez programs directly ie we stick to them anytime, anywhere using the stick ?????
Loothze.
Cund put linux on a usb like in this tutorial you can not install software on it because it's like a live cd.
CPC linux actually has a lot of software on it.
The best use of ATVs is go hard without maintaining an operating system installed and copy something or to do anything else.
You can use a computer with no operating system installed.
You can experience, you can get used to Linux operating systems without installing them on the hard and maybe you like and become an expert in Linux.
Unlike Windows Linux CPC does not cost money, specifically 90% of distributions of Linux are free, there are some money but those are for busines sector.
What would you lose if install it on the stick?
No need to modify your partitions on your hard drive, you should not do other changes, simply put the stick and boot from it, and in minutes you 2 100% linux operating system functional.
Hi Cristi. I made the bootable stick with linux, I selected in the bios to load OS from the stick, first of all, I rebooted it and it was displayed what is displayed when starting the computer until the message “Verifying DMI Pool Data Update Succes ", after which, the prompt flashed and nothing happened. My Linux is not launched. I gave it a few times and so on. It stops after the message quoted above and nothing else. please if you can explain to me what happens if the operating system is not launched. Thank you very much and know that I am still following your tutorials.
Andre, probably your version of linux is not good, I advise you to download a version of linux from the official sites and not from torrents or hubs! Make sure that the image you put on the stick is ISO, try another version of linux, probably the one you have is not good, it will be damaged… If you say that you made the settings in the bios correctly, and you put it on the stick as presented in the tutorial it has no reason not to work ...
Hello downloaded Linux Adrian.Am exact site of the tutorial, I followed the tutorial exactly installations, the stick is 2 GB and Transcend's new, and I formatted before installing the settings are correct, on startup, bios sees my stick, but like I said, does not happen nimic.Nu can I figure out where it's glitch.
Now I'm thinking to install a memory card to see if it happens to fel.Am come back after doing this.
It would be something else… but since I didn't really go with linux… I don't know if it's valid… although when I last played with a linux… it automatically booted from the CD it didn't ask me like at Windows Press any key to boot from CD… I know that the installation of linux started automatically. And if I'm not mistaken this message only appears on CDs and only on Windows… or it probably booted me directly because I was using a live CD. Please don't -s a linux fan… although it's cute
I think I am still trying incurcat.Nu memory card, I think I confused the installation of applications portabile.Ce I mean is that I downloaded Linux Mint version 6 felicia.Ultima version that is available on Linux Mint .
Andre if you noticed in that program unetbootin you have to choose exactly the version you have… Cristi in the tutorial when he opened the list of versions he knows this unetbootin I did not see linux mint 6 than versions 1 3 and 5 as if or 3 4 5 I don't know exactly but in no case was version 6! That's probably why it doesn't work for you… look for a version of linux that has unetbotin in its database, that unetbotin can support! Or download unetbootin once again, you probably upgraded it to support version 6. Linux often releases new versions, on the conveyor belt I see that they remove them look for an older version even on mint 5 that Cristi used in the tutorial !
Hi Adrian, I have already done so, I downloaded linux and UNetbootin 5 282, as shown in the tutorial, I installed the stick and so I do.
What makes me think is that it should not be set well from where to boot, because when windows are launched it says "boot from CD", while when I boot from the stick no message that he wants to boot from somewhere. As I said, the prompt stays on and blinks and does nothing. I check if the bios settings regarding booting are good.
Andre… you see that in the BIOS there are 2 settings related to the boot, look where you see the First boot device and set USB I can't tell you exactly where to find the setting because the BIOSes differ a little from one PC to another!
when we will have WINDOWSUL XP.?????? on stick…. :)
I haven't tried Linux, but it looks interesting… Thousands of thanks
sal.am a Linux desc interb.cand videotutorial cain i / I download an image appears as document type and do not ever ISO.este / or a setting in firefox to download the installed something that is really an Iso Image to see that CD in imagine.acum can not install that's not really much patience omagine descarcata.mersi iso from beginner.
@john71: In order for you to see that icon like Cristi, you need to have a program that recognizes ISO images, such as a burner, winrar, and other software that recognizes ISO images. If the icon you download is not like Cristi's this does not mean that it is not an ISO image or that you cannot use it !!! All you have to do is burn it to a CD or put it on an ISO image emulator such as daemon tools, alcohol or put it in this program. UNetbootin It's like when you install windows… you saw that if you don't install your winamp the audio files have the icon of windows media player with that red circle and play button in the middle… .and you saw that if you install winamp the icons on the audio files change to those icons with blue and a yellow lightning on them… they so on Cristi, has a program that deals with ISO images and that's why it looks like this…
I did everything you said. I had a much sought after iso image. I jumped off the stick and it says: syslinux 3.72 2008/09/25 cbios etc. ”could not find kernel image: linux boot: _”. I bore you but consider that I am in kindergarten. Do you have any idea what I did not do properly? Thank you.
@john71: You didn't have to do anything I said… I just explained to you why that icon appears on Cristi's ISO image !!! I don't know how you did it… if you tell me the steps you followed maybe I can help you… however I recommend you to watch the tutorial again and try to do this job again! Look at the whole head-to-tail tutorial without scrolling!
I have a question. You can partition a stick? Because I have a stick I put linux and I want to use the space that remains that I stored my other files: images, documents etc music.
@Andrew: I do not think it is possible to stick partitioning but many folders do you want in it!
Yes but when I run linux on a stick, I can not get into the drive's stick, I give legal aid by mistake.
@Adrian: I managed with Acronis Disk Director to partition my stick in 2 have a linux one and the other is like a D computer.
be careful the stick must be formatted FAT…. linux doesn't know about NTFS …… there are tutorials on the net with xp on the stick those as normal tutorials dc someone is interested in giving mail and I give them the documentation… don't be scared it's not much to read
@samy: The email you write in the box when you make comments does not appear on the site !!! You must leave your email in the comments! I would like the documentation but I don't see your email… so please leave it in the comment, not just in the box when you fill in the name and email!
Congratulations once a well done tutorial
Hi Bobby, welcome Cristi.Spune please stick can put any kind of trying to put Ubuntu linux.Am unwilling to boot after stick.Va thanks.
@calipso1580:
There are many distributions, but not all of them, you can find a list of supported distributions on the "unetbootin" website.
Strange that you did not go Ubuntu, ubuntu was usually well supported, may depend on the version, and you try a slightly older version.
The most beautiful way to boot from the stick is "linux mint".
It's like ubuntu even has some extra stuff.
Cristi when we learn to put windows on the stick?
@Andrew: I'll ask and windows stick but the stick windows installer (for EEPC).
I can not give reliable data because I'm afraid I do not keep my word, to promise better than sitting in my bank, it is certain that we will have in the near future these two tutorials (xp, vista usb and system installation the stick).
Can not wait! And thanks for the advice to task manager. And I beckup but I thought it was a minor issue that does not need to give the beckup restore.
helping to stick Linux on all k nam understood
the tutorial is very cool and I really wanted to put linux to see how it is… ..but I have vista now and dak bag linux on the stick the vista is deleted so as long as I have the stick I have linux and after that I have vista again me too…..
@adriano: The answer is in the tutorial as well as in the presentation text above the tutorial! If you put that linux on the stick and use it in live mode… you won't need to install linux… and you won't lose sight! See k we also have a tutorial about linux mandriva, which shows how to use linux live CD… write up on the right mandriva give enter and find it .. you can also run this on the stick in live mode but will run from the stick not from the CD
so… when you insert the stick do you have linux and when you remove it do you have Winndows again?
@Cosmin: Well, uncle… if you put it on the stick and run it live, when you take it out you have windows again, if you install it on the stick you won't have windows even if you take the stick out… it was specified in the tutorial but you probably didn't looked at the whole tutorial !!!
thank you so much I have an eee pc and I struggled to stick XP and I are very good Resit
@cclaudiu: We have tutorial and how to put Windows XP on it can stick to install on any!
I tried this tutorial but for now nimica.Nu booteaza.Am chose kiwi linux but I do not see the stick.
Try it again on another USB stick.
A tutorial on MacOsX on usb stick? There are some insanely on mac but… I didn't understand much.
Thank you very much.
I tried almost all versions of linux but nimic.Primesc same message:
http://boxstr.com/files/5472183_uqhjp/Untitled.jpg
I'm probably not doing well or this boot is not working…
Can you help me more?
Thank you
What's the point of these comments if any admin does not care to write an answer.
@Bion: Try with another USB stick and check the BIOS settings (to be enabled support for USB).
Try Linux Mint or older versions of Linux, older does not mean a few months, try not to use that even the latest versions may not borne 100% of UNetbootin.
I apologize for the delay in response but I know that we get hundreds of comments a day, and not always able to respond at all.
Stop waiting for us.
@Bion: Do understand your anger! You paid something must respond once? See that there are linux romania official website! where if they enter into Romanian forum even have an IRC channel where you can talk in real time with people from linux and can guide you! When looking for something not expected and not only looking in one place! Search more if you want a quick response! We are not here we focus specifically on Linux, it was only following the presentation for you to discover it and cercetati.Incercam as possible to answer, but we and others head out the site!
Pt. Adrian.
You gave a typical response Romanian and that says it all.
So when you start and make a tutorial site (A tutorial is a method of transferring knowledge that can be used as part of learning. A tutorial tries to learn by the example method, and provides information to complete a specific task.) to consider the possible complications, ie one is worse and does not understand, there is a mistake in the tutorial, blah blah, blah… and it seems normal to explain, especially since each tutorial has the opportunity to leave comments .
No need to take your feathered visitors in telling them that you have more treburi.Daca must go to sew sewing brother go and left the site there are others better.
And if I had to pay something you definitely ought to give every word count from users.
Finally I wish to you that I did not upset but I said who put a tutorial usually have to check their account for any messages.
Thanks Cristi
Goes very well. Viewing and ntfs partitions, and even hidden ones. I would like to number aniste softwares can win with the help of WINE, not just those provided by the application.
I think that and the guy working under linux virtual tutorials are only on this site.
I am totally disappointed in you, given that you promised to tutor you doing about linux and what you have glorified the most.
Unfortunately, I think differently than the rest of the nation ye sweeps super coooooool
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I do dearly tutorials on Linux but unfortunately most have Windows, and no one is interested in Linux, and it's a shame, we have nothing against Linux or the contrary, but what if acem Linux tutorials with no audience and the world is not looking?
I do not see tutorials than half then locks remain so. why?
brilliant thank you very much… thanks to you i became novice linux ms much ..
Seriously? Great, right now I put Ubuntu on the stick and want to learn more about Linux and of course the Terminal program.
Greetings to all
I also experimented with what was said in the tutorial, I made the stick, I played with linux, after which I installed it on a separate hdd (I have 3 hdd) and more recently I spend more time on linux (it was a little harder with the training partitions but with the help of another tutorial I solved the problem) I try to have on linux what I have on windows I don't think it's hard on linux… maybe because I don't know much on xp, vista, 7.
I have a question. When I downloaded the unetbootin I saw a version for linux. I downloaded but I didn't manage to do anything. Can I do a tutorial with this version as well?… Who knows maybe someone wants to make a usb stick with this method starting from linux.
Download and download the version for linux, right click on the file, go to properties, enter the permissions tab, check "allow the execution of the file as a program" and close give 2 clicks or open with wine and ready it works on linux. By the way it can be installed and windows with it you don't choose anything up to the distribution or the version but you upload the iso file directly with windows.
I'm still. Only now I read other comments where I saw that it didn't work for others. I put ubuntu 9.04 (I didn't put 9.10 so I don't have problems with the net… c.net) and so I still can't use mail evolution… maybe because I only have the messaging address. on which I receive emails. The pidgin works.
Super interesting. And I looked for something to transfer the ISO on the stick. Merci.
And if we do not d boot option from USB / removable drive in bios, what to do? please advice, apart from the live CD.
Hi
I put the stick Linux Mint Helena goes well on a system with 2g of ram and sometimes a little stumble with 512 m of ram.
To connect to the RDS using the magic formula
sudo pppoeconf
and to reduce the brightness I found formula
sudo-s Enter key
echo 30> / proc / acpi / video / GFX0 / DD04 / brightness
The question is how can I do to customize stick so
Firefox homepage to be google.ro by default
to connect to rds no magic formulas and brightness remain by default in the 30
It is hard to set?
From what I know you use a live CD or USB stick in live mode settings that you do not save. After restart it will lose all your settings. But all at once there they say a method to do so that even if you use a USB stick in live mode it will keep settings even after reboot. I'll make a tutorial about it. You have my admiration and my congratulations because you're the only girl / woman who uses Linux, at least from what girls / women I know, not to say that you know and some commands. I'm rarely given to meet a geek aritele. I've never met one before. But you did not say what kind you put on your stick Mint? you installed or did you just stick bootable?
I put it live because it has only 2 gb
Howdy
I've used the same method as in the tutorial (discovered through trial). It worked perfectly. But I did not agree because it does not save the settings. We found then Linux Live USB Creator application which allows saving settings. Furthermore, the installation can be done on a USB external hard drive. Although it remains a drawback, namely limiting the 4 GB boot partition due to the use partitioning with FAT32 not allow larger file management 4 GB. I experienced a hard disk partitioned in GB 60 30 30 and both FAT32. The first partition I installed Linux Mint Isadora 9 that works great (can read and movies on DVD from Ubunturi which we did) and the second I left for maneuver. The surprise is that the HDD in Linux gestionarele shows me only the first partition to 4 30 GB remaining space is shown as unusable so inaccessible. I think the same thing happens if you use a USB stick with more than 4GB.
I appeal to experienced Linuxistii tell me if there is a way to install external USB HDD a persistent Linux distribution (by keeping settings) to exploit more than 4GB (now my operating system is saturated pretty quickly when I try to make upgrades, was forced to give up some in favor of others). I tried installing full version USB HDD HDD by disconnecting own. It worked but not when I moved hard drive to another computer, which means that such an installation is dependent on the car and non-portable. I know there are other types of formatting partitions, Linux specific, eg. ext3, but I do not know how to use them and I hesitated to try them.
I hope others have done experiments and I would be glad if I could share their experience.
With well.
Servus, I have a question that I think is a bit more difficult, from my point of view. I installed unetbootin on an hdd that had a rather small capacity and I had winr xp on it; it went perfectly. I changed the hdd, it's bigger I have win 7 and besides it I installed several linux variants one by one… I tried to put unetbootin, it's going to put it on the stick with beta ubuntu 10.10 but it doesn't boot, I didn't try on this hdd to work with this program, what I had was linux from the cd. When I throw it on the stick, it gives me an error that it doesn't recognize ... I don't know what anymore, the message varies like its data depending on the unetbootin variant, ie the year of launch on the market. Could it be from my boot sequence or something else? Please help. Thank you
Without errorii give us the exact message we can not help you, sorry!
it happened to me and what I found on the net eu.Din problem is that UNetbootin is writing instructions for karnelul 2.6.32 10.10 and ubuntu is on karnelul 2.6.35.eu I solved this way: I put ubuntu cd 10.10pe I boot from it at and application startup disk creator I put it on stik.
Adrian, ok here's my message that appears:
“SYSLINUX 3.85 2010-1994-2010 H. Power Anvin et.al NO DEFAULT or UI configuration directive found!
boot: ”curious is that this program is suitable for linux, where does the curiosity come from: I went to a friend, I tried the same story and it doesn't work… formatted on it, still win7 at the base… what's nice that he managed to put win 7 extreme on a stick with the version of unetbootin 471 and it booted and it went, like ntfs at the base formatted the stick… that's not the thing, it's for the curious, however why doesn't ubuntu work with unetbootin? You got the error, maybe it's something related to win7 x64?
Goods.
I skipped a row in arrays .. sorry
SYSLINUX 3.85 2010-02-20 CBIOS Copyright (C) 1994-2010 H. Peter ……… .sorry
Liviu, then if you put the cd what's the point .. can go a daemon without burning a cd .. a lion is not damage but the idea did not go and cups deocamdata.Sper friends do not see a solution to find an idea that I was even faini.K?
until the final release I think they'll solve. You said you want to put it on stik necessarily. I gave you a solution.
Yes Alan, ok sun agree with you .. not bathrooms, I was interested in what experts say. I'd like to see a solution there. Do you? And as I said Apple and Windows 7 with this little program, only to be formatted NTFS Batz stick.
It's good that you pay attention to me, as if you were responding to messages…. Nice, you didn't find an answer, at least you say you don't know.
Do you think that someone will look for the answer to your problem in your place ??? you are the most interested in solving it. if anyone knew it would tell you even though I don't understand exactly what problem you have apart from the fact that it doesn't boot ubuntu 10.10 from the stick. when you boot from the stick and it gives you that error write after boot / casper / vmlinuz and give enter. And we are not specialists. If you want an answer from specialists you can go to the website of the software manufacturer and tell him the problem you encountered with the software developed by him and …… ..maybe you will receive an answer according to your expectations if the ones here don't satisfy you
From what I know you use a live CD or USB stick in live mode settings that you do not save. After restart it will lose all your settings. But all at once there they say a method to do so that even a USB dacafolosesti in live mode it will keep settings even after reboot. I'll make a tutorial about it.
We promise you, sir Burlugeanu
I grow what I wrote apology sus.Nu can put windows-only copy ul.Il but does not boot.DO NOT TRY!I was wrong! Sorry again.
I would be interested linux installed on an external hard drive and can be used on any computer. can?
I wanted to ask you something, if you use daemon tools, take the picture and give 11.04 ubuntu mount in usb-creator.Nu she does the same thing as this tutorial?
Hello, I would like to ask what distribution to use UNetbootin up there if they want to stick a picture 10.8 KIWI LINUX linux kiwi that does not appear in the list. mention that I'm new in linux world. thanks in advance
I'm autocadist and work in AutoLISP and C + +
I studied and watched linux explore carefully the tutorial
CONCLUSION ”does not work and has no way to work
The less initial PT will explain how it works: Linux has 14 3 folders of folders containing many 6 fishiere in notepad, which are different comments, etc etc. No way but Commander orders in total, which is interpreted bios
8 remaining folders are jpeg files, VLC or fishiere that open with Outlook
Look no further tutorial installation and operation of Linux, for not going, not like poor, poor me than Google or operators working in HTML for fishiere ASCII keyboard and color (see color for the net ASCII) or Linux that has no ASCII fisher
I have ubuntu and I want to put Linux on Linux, but I downloaded stik not let me open unetboting I tried to download the version for linux and mac but none I could not open it. I now mention ubuntu.
thank you
UNetbootin must be run in a certain way. You can learn how mergnd the SEARCH box in the sidebar, top right and it say: How to make a bootable USB stick with Windows Vista, or 7 8 in Ubuntu Linux, then press Enter. In that tutorial I used UNetbootin that and you will just have to use it or you want to put linux or windows
Thanks a lot for the tutorial. She is very helpful.
User it asks me a password that I did not put her, put a password?
Hi, I have a laptop and I hdd to it, please give a link where you can put a win on the stick and you can use it as a hdd, please more. (looking for more than 3 months)
I tried ubuntu12.04 and stops at 5%. which may be the cause?
Hi, thanks went ok!
hello .. I have an older laptop does not go hard ul.pot install linux in ram? without trebuiasa another hdd
RAM is a volatile memory. If you "write" something on it, the next time you don't remember anything, once you stop powering it, hello, all the data on it is lost.
I suggest you buy a stick 4 GB (cost about £ 25) and make it bootable Persistence nice cache.
For more details, type in the SEARCH box in the top right sidebar "Create Live USB stick Ubuntu 11.04 with persistence cache (keep the settings after restart)" press enter and you will find the tutorial
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I uramarit all steps of turtorial and I boot Linux Mint on a stick with UNetbootin 8GB After installing the PC restarted and I am I entered the bios with F 2 and merge.Eu not have windows 7.
u can delete windows on the stick after I instatal?
Greetings and thanks for the very good stories and teachings above. They used me a lot the other day when it seemed to eat me hard to see what linux is eaten with. I didn't know anything about this OS (well now I'm not an expert (:))) but at least I know that linux has many OS. I used your tutorial and put on a stick the last linux mint mate, the unetbootin was magical and when finally for the first time in my life linux opened in front of my eyes I fell on my back in amazement and surprise… .I had a system very friendly and simple to use and that provided me with absolutely everything I needed… Thank you for the moment offered…. now I have as main OS xp home edition but sure after microsoft will get its hands on it (I understand on 01.01.14) I will install a version of linux. I mean for all those who intend to know linux systems that nothing is said is true…. For example they are completely different than windows and even those who are skilled in windows will encounter difficulties in operating linux…. it's a lie… .there are some differences but they are so friendly and well equipped that it is worth installing them even if only on USB and to know them. Now while digging here and there I discovered a program that you surely know… .is a magic program for installing linux systems… has a facility to download online linux systems and then install on usb… .is friendly, free and is called Linux Live USB Creator… Now I installed on ubuntu a ubuntu last edition… ..very cool and this OS especially because it has as Chromium browser that I use for years… Hello ut .I wrote a lot… .goodbye
Thanks for this tutorial I've been a big help! Continued success!
Thank you very much for this tutorial, I was a big help! It's very hard! Continued success!
Regards for all you do for us, but I do not manage to do netul cable to go!
you help me please!
Thank you very much.
Stanciu
stanciu salt. I teach you how to do it but only if you have PPPOE that is from rcs & rds (RDS) IF YOU HAVE FROM ANOTHER PROVIDER I CANNOT HELP YOU. here's how you enter VPN CONECTION and then when you configure VPN you enter (DSL) and give ADD. . now what do you have to do. where it says CONECTION NAME, delete everything and type RDS. now where it says DSL, at USERNAME for example, CT23234726
AND THE PASSWORD PASSWORD SCRI. SEE SO spelled correctly. if you do not go spellings. success
hello Manolescu. I want to help that and I was started and was in its turn helped me, now I want to inpartasesc with you some of my knowledge of IT. Here's what you do. rufus_v1.1.7f download is the best and stable version probably myself. make sure you have space on that stick effectively. you fat32 format. stik fault if does not you go, I just happened to her. then you stop all programs running in the bar and the desktop does not do anything. stik jab jab rufus open the image and let them do their job. Do not do anything until it ends. to something else. antivirus must be turned off. luck. For more information you can reach me by email at [email protected] continued success.
Where can you shoot facuto linux as you put a link please ???
Linux is a kernel based on which were developed several legal and free operating systems called distributions. More is open source (source deschisa- anyone can contribute. Whoever can do with the knowledge needed an operating system based on Linux). Cristi used in tutorial about Linux Mint you here on the website a tutorial presentation which you can find using the search box. There are also tutorials and on-the most popular Ubuntu Linux distribution. Both distributions are freely and legally downloaded from the internet you just need to search on Google. Look and links in case you can not handle though it is very simple:
Ubuntu
Linux Mint
super thanks