How to install Linux on a USB flash drive
Posted at 4:03pm on Monday February 9th 2009
There are five things you'll want to consider when buying the perfect flash drive for Linux. If we order them with the most important first, it looks like this:
- Reliability. This is easily the most important thing to care about, because it doesn't matter how cheap, fast and spacious a flash drive is when it dies after 20 minutes. If losing your data is simply not an option (and, let's face it, that's almost certainly the case), go for a brand name you trust - we chose Corsair, because it's a company with a huge amount of experience making quality flash drives, and its Flash Voyager range is designed to be water- and shock-proof.
- Cost. This is always going to be a consideration, but fortunately flash prices have dropped dramatically in recent years - whereas 256MB drives used to be £60 or £70, you can now get 32GB drives for the same price. That's over 100 times the capacity for the same price!
- Capacity. 1GB is the absolute minimum needed to get started, but it really depends on how much data you want to store - and also how much extra software you want to install. If cost is an issue, the best value drive sizes right now are 4GB or 8GB.
- Speed. The simple rule here is "pay more, get more". Companies such as OCZ and Corsair specialise in high-performance devices - Corsair even makes a special range of flash drives (known as 'GT') that are made from extra-fast components. Remember, your entire computer will be running from this tiny device, so only go for a slow drive if you're a very, very patient person.
- Size. Arguably the least important consideration is the actual physical size of the flash drive. This isn't usually a problem because all flash drives are necessarily small, and it's only if you're after a particularly tiny one that you even need to consider this. SanDisk's Cruzer Micro and Corsair's Flash Voyager Mini both come in 4GB and 8GB capacities, despite being less than half the size of conventional drives.
Make your choice
There are two distinct ways of running Linux from a flash drive, but we'll only be covering one of them here - and for good reason, as you'll see.Read More...
http://www.tuxradar.com/content/how-install-linux-usb-flash-drive
This is a Great Article, with allot of info on Installing Linux to a USB Drive. Definitely Go there and Read On!:)
Don
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Thanks for the link, Jetchisel. That's a great Step by Step Tutorial on installing OpenSuse to a Hard Drive. At first, I thought you were talking about installing it to a USB Stick "How to install Linux on a USB flash drive | TuxRad". But, after reading through your Article. I see that you are showing How to install Linux from a USB flash drive... I like the Screen shots and explanations. Great work!:) I have an OpenSuse Remix that I made my self too. I made it in Suse Studio on their Web Site. It is my first delve into OpenSuse. I haven't "Shared" it yet. Since, I'm not done tweaking the Setup and Apps. But, it is going to be a full Desktop System, with most all Apps the anyone would need to Daily Web and Audio Video work. When I installed it to one of my HD's on my System. I had to read very carefully and think about the Partitioning of the Drive, to make sure I didn't Format any of my other Systems on other Partitions. OpenSuse installation is definitely different than Fedora or Debian. My favorite is Fedora. I find it easier to see what is going to happen, when you commit to Formatting your Drive. I will do a Post on your Tutorial on my Blog too, so that others can read it...
Don
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