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May 17
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Linux is considered to be one of the most secured operating systems that have multi-user & multi-tasking utilities. It can be installed into your USB flash drive providing you the advantage of enjoying advanced features of Linux. Getting the installation of Linux via USB is preferred because of its faster execution recommended by many big corporate firms, companies & organizations as it is proved to be comparatively more secured & a very useful operating system in favor of multi-users & multitasking functionalities. In order to obtain Linux operating system all you need is a bootable USB flash drive after which it can be used for installing operating systems loading minimal kernel for embedded operations and maintenance tasks like test distribution, recovering data and more. There are some important tasks that “Linux Flash Drive” will be able to perform are recovering and modification of permanently written data which other optical disks like CD, DVD can’t.
In today’s corporate world, flexibility & portability play important roles as we need to switch between office & home and move from one place to another, it is pretty necessary to make all the essential files & documents available which are frequently used. Here comes the need of hour for a flash drive that can be loaded with Linux operating system. Among many software applications, “Damn Small Linux” is preferred as it has highly significant functionalities & is small in size which can easily be fitted in a pen drive.
A few requirements that you need to have:
- A 64MB or larger Pen Drive
- Extracting Utility like WinRar
- DSL zip files
- Syslinux
- HP-USB Format Tool
The following are the guideline on how to install & run “Damn Small Linux “in on a small pen drive:
1. Formatting the USB Pen Drive
The pen drive has to be formatted in FAT or FAT32 for installing DSL on it. For formatting there is an inbuilt utility in the Windows or you can download the USB format utility from the internet.
2. Downloading DSL and extracting it to pen drive
Now you can download the DSL file to your computer. The DSL file is supposed to be in zip format and can readily be downloaded online. You can also use the torrent for downloading. After you have downloaded the zip file, you have to unzip the contents of the file to your pen drive. Extracting utility like WinRar can be used.
3. Downloading syslinux and unzipping it to your computer
Next step would be downloading the syslinux zip file from online. You need to unzip the downloaded file to a directory termed as “syslinux” on your computer.
4. Need to run few commands in command prompt
Open up the command prompt & type cd \syslinux\win32 after you have navigated to the folder where the syslinux directory is located. Then now type syslinux.exe -ma X: (the drive letter of your USB pen drive would be X).
5. Changing boot priority in BIOS
For running the DSL & booting the system from the pen drive, you have to reboot your PC and the boot priority settings should be set to ‘boot from USB device’ from the BIOS setting and follow the following steps:
- Click on save and exit.
- Processor will automatically detect operating system in USB drive and operating system set up screen will appear.
- Enter the serial number of the operating system.
- After installation is completed, computer will be restarted.
- You can now install the drivers and computer will be ready for use.
You are now ready to boot your PC from the pen drive and after you have booted from the pen drive you can modify the setting according to your needs and save all the changes to your pen drive. Now take the world in your pocket with you wherever you move and enjoy the wonderful utilities of Linux.
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