USB gOS install from Windows
The following tutorial covers how to quickly and easily install gOS to a USB flash drive or other portable device using Windows. gOS is a Debian derivative based on Ubuntu with a unique Enlightenment Window manager, making gOS a very attractive Linux package. Everex Computers offered at Walmart often ship with this intuitive Operating System pre-installed. We really enjoyed installing and using the latest release of gOS and think you will enjoy running it portably from a USB device as well. It's clean, simple, graphically appealing, elegant and fun to play with.
Screenshot of gOS running from a USB flash drive:
Essentials for creating a Portable gOS using Windows:
- gOS ISO
- gOSConvert.exe (files within do the USB conversion)
- 1GB or larger USB flash drive (we used a 1GB stick)
- A Windows host PC to perform the build
How to install gOS on a flashdrive using Windows:
Note: USB installation of gOS performs like the Live CD. Currently persistent gOS features are outside the scope of this tutorial.
- Format your USB flashdrive as fat32 or fat16
- Download and launch gOSConvert.exe, a gos folder is created
- Download the gOS ISO using a torrent client and place the ISO in your gos folder
- From your gos folder, click fixgOS.bat to launch the converter
- Once the converter has finished, copy the contents "from within" the newly created gOS(copytoPen) folder I.E. / gos/gOS(copytoPen)/ to your USB flash drive
- From your flash drive click makeboot.bat file and follow the onscreen instructions
- Reboot your PC and select your USB device from the Boot Menu or system BIOS and proceed to boot gOS from your USB device
If all goes well, you should now be running gOS portably from a USB flash drive!
