Boot and Run Pendrivelinux 2009 in Windows

Pendrivelinux 2009 is a minimal remix based on a Debian GNU/Linux Image.  Pendrivelinux 2009 utilizes the KDE Kicker Panel along with coLinux (a port of the Linux Kernel) to allow Pendrivelinux 2009 to run within Windows as a Windows application. Once Pendrivelinux 2009 is launched, a Kicker Panel appears at the top of your Windows desktop. The KDE  Kicker Panel provides a means to access and control Pendrivelinux.  The rest of your Windows Operating System and desktop environment remain intact. Pendrivelinux 2009 will attempt to auto mount C: drive during startup for local access and sharing.

Pendrivelinux 2009 running within Windows:

Pendrivelinux 2009 basic essentials:

• 32bit Windows XP or Windows Vista Host (must have admin access)
• NTFS formatted USB Device with 8GB free (Image can be resized to fit on 4GB Fat32)
  
• Pendrivelinux2009.exe

Running Pendrivelinux 2009 within Windows:

1. Download Pendrivelinux 2009 and double click the file to launch the executable (a Co-Pendrivelinux-KDE folder is created)
2. Move the entire Co-Pendrivelinux-KDE folder to your USB device
3. From the Co-Pendrivelinux-KDE folder, click Start-Pendrivelinux.bat to launch Pendrivelinux. (Windows vista users must right click and select Run as Administrator)

If all goes well, you should now be running Pendrivelinux 2009 from your Windows Desktop without ever rebooting.

Additional Credits:

Batch parameters and TrayRun options were adapted from Portable Ubuntu Remix and used to establish the Launcher. Full credit goes to Claudio Cacsar Sa¡nchez Tejeda for that.

TrayRun is used to hide the Shell while running Pendrivelinux.

XMing is used for the X Window Server.

Pulseaudio is used for the Windows Sound Server proxy.

Other Notes:

Does not run on a 64Bit Windows Host!

It is possible to lose the Pendrivelinux display, audio and other bridged connections to the Windows host on a pendrivelinux reboot. A quick solution is to reboot the Host PC and then Start Pendrivelinux again.

If you find that Pendrivelinux 2009 is slightly too large to fit on your USB,  use toporesize to resize images/KDE-Pendrivelinux.ext3.3.7gb to a slightly smaller size. We used an 8GB flash drive formatted as NTFS, so on a 4GB drive, you will need to resize the image.

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