Can I install live CD to a USB key?

[cutea]

I have a USB key with 1G byte memory, I want to install live cd into it, can I do so?

somebody help me please.

[javierrivera]

Re: Can I install live CD to a USK key?

I have tried to do it once following this how-to.

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/In...29%7C%28usb%29

I was doing it for fun and get tired. So I don't know if it will work.

Javier.

[cutea]

Re: Can I install live CD to a USK key?

It seems complicated very much!
I am scared of this, I will try it if free.

Why does't ubuntu release a slim version for USB storage?
With...beautiful GUI, some tools, for example , kedit,konquer,koffice,gimp,mplayer,kdevelop...I don't need everything but some applications.

hope someone do this!

Thank you very much, javierrivera!

Free is All!

[devlin]

Re: Can I install live CD to a USK key?

Why does't ubuntu release a slim version for USB storage?
With...beautiful GUI, some tools, for example , kedit,konquer,koffice,gimp,mplayer,kdevelop...I don't need everything but some applications.

Try taking a look at Xubuntu. It uses the XFCE desktop and is very light on resources compaired to Kubuntu and Ubuntu.

[arochester]

Re: Can I install live CD to a USK key?

Have a look at http://pendrivelinux.com/

[dibl]

Re: Can I install live CD to a USK key?

Qqmike did it, and included some good links:

http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/inde...opic=3081748.0

[arochester]

Re: Can I install live CD to a USK key?

The question dibl was

I have a USB key with 1G byte memory, I want to install live cd into it, can I do so?

Qqmike had Kubuntu on his hard drive. What he did, my understanding is, was to put the boot on a USB stick

Making a bootable thumb drive with GRUB

[dibl]

Re: Can I install live CD to a USK key?

It's not identical to the OP's question, but there is a lot of similarity. Qqmike installed Super Grub Disk on the thumb drive, which is analogous (in general) to the task of installing *buntu Linux on a thumb drive, right?

Next step: Modify the SGD boot menu you see when you turn on the PC (the SGD /boot/grub/menu.lst file of sdc1, on the UFD) by adding a “title” boot entry for GParted

[Snowhog]

Re: Can I install live CD to a USK key?

If a very small, bootable from thumb drive Linux is desired/needed, look at DSL (Damn Small Linux), which can be installed to a thumb drive. It only takes 50Mbs. It's very cool.

http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/

[cutea]

Re: Can I install live CD to a USB key?

Oh..Sorry,maybe I did not show my idea clearly..

I did installed slax and dsl some days ago,bug they are not convenient for newbie

for example , slax has not a good dependency solution, so , user usually forgets to install necessary software for some applications, they don't know how to do.

After many times attempt on linux, I found ubuntu, it is so convenient and strong, I think it is a great innovation and loved it immediately.

I have already installed ubuntu on my PC HDD, I almost did not use MS windows NOW.

Ubuntu is so good , so i want to install it to my USB stick , so I can use Ubuntu anywhere instead of windows.

[Snowhog]

Re: Can I install live CD to a USK key?

Okay. Understand.

I really don't believe you are going to be able to do what you want - to install Ubuntu to a USB stick. Such devices simply are not large enough. The root partition alone ( "/" ) is recommended to be 5 to 8Gb (gigabytes). As most USB sticks are smaller than this .....

You may still want to pop over to DSL's home page and checkout their Linux distro. I've actually played with it (just a bit) before I installed Kubuntu. DSL can, and does, fit on to even a small thumb drive.

[cutea]

Re: Can I install live CD to a USK key?

Thank you , arochester

I have found a solution on pendrivelinux.com, these two links are used
http://www.pendrivelinux.com/2007/02...r-linux-users/
http://www.pendrivelinux.com/2007/01...b-x-ubuntu-610

it seems excellent , I will try it!

Thanks to all!

[Snowhog]

Re: Can I install live CD to a USB key?

Checked out the first link. Interesting. If you you get this to work, please post your results.

[cutea]

Re: Can I install live CD to a USB key?

I will!

[Ant2ne]

Re: Can I install live CD to a USK key?

http://www.pendrivelinux.com/2007/02/12/usb-ubuntu-tutorial-for-linux-users/
http://www.pendrivelinux.com/2007/01...b-x-ubuntu-610

*tries desperately to resist the challenge!*