In this simplified USB Ultimate Boot CD walkthrough tutorial, we will demonstrate How To create a USB bootable Ultimate Boot CD (UBCD) using a Windows host PC to create the USB UBCD. Ultimate Boot CD is an awesome PC diagnostics tool that condenses over 100 useful PC diagnostics and hardware troubleshooting tools into a single easy to use interface.
MCNLive is a live CD based purely on Mandriva Linux and was designed for use with most common desktop and notebook computers. Like Mandriva, MCNLive comes with almost every essential tool including networking utilities, internet tools, multimedia software, graphical tools and office applications. Just about everything the average Linux computer user might need can be found in MCNLive. Another great feature is the included easy to use graphical installer that allows a user to install MCNLive to a USB device. There is even an installer to install to an internal hard disk.
The following walkthrough will illustrate how to install Feather Linux to a USB flash pen drive through Windows and make Feather boot from the USB device. Feather is yet another very small (under 128MB) clean and simple Knoppix Linux remix (based on Debian) that is straight forward and easy to use. The following tutorial covers the process of installing Feather to a USB device using Windows to produce the USB version.
In this simple USB Puppy Linux tutorial we illustrate how to easily install Puppy linux on a USB flash pen drive using the Universal installer included on the Puppy Linux CD. Puppy is a unique Linux compilation that is super small, yet contains many useful tools and utilities. Most versions of Puppy Linux will fit on even a 128MB USB stick. Making it great to install to those older tiny thumb drives you might have sitting around.
This walkthrough illustrates how to do a simple install of RUNT linux on a USB Thumbdrive and boot from USB. RUNT Linux is a super super tiny and very basic Linux version and is only recommended for intermediate to advanced Linux users who prefer to do work without using a graphical interface like X.
Beware that RUNT by default does not use GUI. It's a text only based distro.
My Slax Creator is a great tool to use for remastering your ISO's. You can also use it to extract your ISO to a USB Stick or burn to a CD. There are quite a few nice options in My Slax Creator… I have not found it to be 100% bug-proof, but it does have some great features and will get the job done.
This walkthrough tutorial will illustrate how to install a basic SLAX Linux compilation to a USB flash memory stick through windows. SLAX is a relatively robust yet simple Linux environment based on Slackware.
This (fat) USB SLAX tutorial has been replaced with a newer version which can be found HERE
This simplified USB SLAX walkthrough tutorial will illustrate how to install a SLAX compilation to a USB stick through Windows NT, XP, 2003.
Use this method if your bios supports USB-HDD boot (or USB-ZIP with the flash drive listed as a hard drive. Example: generic USB-HDD0)
This fat32 SLAX USB Pen drive installation tutorial has been replaced with a newer version which can be found HERE
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