Booting ISO images from a USB disk

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05-16-2012, 03:48 PM

Linux_420

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Booting ISO images from a USB disk

A new la entry has been added:

Booting ISO images from a USB disk

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BE CAREFUL NOT TO OVERWRITE THE MBR OR BOOTLOADER ON YOUR PRIMARY BOOT DISK! BACK THEM UP BEFORE YOU BEGIN THIS PROCESS!

Here is a detailed example of how to make a bootable USB disk:

What you will need:

Hardware:[LIST][*]A USB disk large enough to hold the .iso image (which may be compressed using gzip or zip)[*]A device which has a BIOS capable of booting from USB.

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