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Install Linux on a bootable USB key

Linux has achieved something that years ago seemed unthinkable: to run an operating system without installing it on the hard disk using a CD / DVD.

Since the first versions of the LiveCD / DVD improvements have emerged, such as saving the changes, either on the same CD / DVD (provided that it supports rewriting and have a disc burner), or other unit such as a hard drive or USB memory.

In the case of USB keys or flash drives we are facing another revolution to have a fully functional version of Linux that we carry around.

This article will teach you how to install Linux on a flash drive to run on any machine and space for your documents.

From Windows

If you still have not tried Linux or Windows better manejais you, we have several options to burn a Linux distribution on a USB key.

The first and most comprehensive is unetbootin, Which supports over 30 different distributions, among which are Ubuntu, Fedora, openSUSE, Debian or Mandriva.

Just open it, select the distribution version you install or ISO image if you have it, and select USB drive and the letter that corresponds (in the image is the G).

Another solution from Windows Fedora provides us with his Fedora LiveUSB Creator, Which also allows to take a few MB to save documents created in Linux and automatically downloads the installation ISO image without having to do anything else.

Ubuntu is a script of the labor Pendrivelinux. The descend, Uncompress the contents to any folder and run U810p.exe, who downloaded the ISO and install it in our USB key.

From Linux

Ubuntu lets you create a bootable USB from your desktop. To do this we must open Create a USB startup disk, Which is in System / Administration Ubuntu menu. This solution also allows a space devoted to documents and files that we believe in Linux.

These options are simple and practical. However, there are many more possibilities than you can find in Pendrivelinux, Though some require knowledge of partitions and use the terminal.

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