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Old 01-19-2011, 02:42 PM   #1
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what distros offer a USB image as an option

Hey there, does anyone know what distros offer a USB image as an option uther than an iso. i don't like using unetbootin
 
Old 01-19-2011, 03:00 PM   #2
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A good site to check out is http://distrowatch.com/
 
Old 01-19-2011, 03:14 PM   #3
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I know at least from Debian Squeeze and Archbang.
 
Old 01-19-2011, 05:11 PM   #4
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At least from those which I have tried so far.
Please see http://linuxblog.darkduck.com/search/label/usb for more details.
 
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Hello RedNeck-LQ, welcome to LQ,

Slackware is what you're looking for ftp://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/slackwar...xe-installers/ you can copy the usbboot.img onto the usb-drive with the dd-command, it works very well.

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Old 01-19-2011, 05:39 PM   #6
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much obliged to all
 
Old 01-19-2011, 07:49 PM   #7
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Many do but may not say it until you go to download pages.
 
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i think pretty much all major distros have a live-usb iso.
 
  


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