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Why don't you have Linux installed in your USB thumb drive?

cybercapital.org — Why? It Just takes few minuets and just takes 50MB of space.It's the ultimate tool for recovering your lost OS,bypassing firewalls,recovering passwords and lots of cool things.Here's how to do it. I'm sure even a 12 year old dumb kid can follow these instructions and make this powerful tool..

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  • inactive, on 10/11/2007, -1/+5"Why don't you have Linux installed in your USB thumb drive?"

    Because my AmiBIOS' USB boot function is totally messed up.
  • Marigold, on 10/11/2007, -0/+4...the instructions aren't exactly "so easy a 12 year old dumb kid can follow"

    The extras would be:

    You need to get command prompt to point to the unzipped "win32" folder in step 4.

    dsl-embedded.zip is usually found in the "current" folder of many of the mirrors in step 6

    I'm for the open-source movement, but in some cases open-source needs to be in the simplest-possible terms to get the most users.

    Otherwise, even if it's not a tool to use, this is definitely a good thing to have, if even to play with Linux or show others Linux.
  • Marigold, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2You need to get to the "win32" folder of wherever you've unzipped syslinux. This took me a moment, too : )
  • nixonrichard, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2Exactly . . . "No boot sector on USB device." I have to restart, not shutdown and start again, in order for my USB drive to be recognized fast enough. Also, for the casual Linux user, a bootable CD and/or VMware is good enough.
  • Derrekito, on 10/11/2007, -1/+3FTA: just takes 50MB of space
  • inactive, on 10/11/2007, -2/+4Because most computers i work on still don't boot from usb? that, and i don't have a 1gb spare drive to put it on.
  • thinman1189, on 10/11/2007, -1/+2I used to have Linux on my USB but it didn't work on my computer. I got a hard drive and that didn't work either...just bad hardware. My next computer will so I'll have it both on a hard drive and on a USB.

    Linux on a USB drive is one of the handiest tools to have, especially if you work with computers (no *****).
  • ppincher, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1when i tried the "syslinux j:" comand i got an error message that it was not recognized as a command or file
  • coheedcollapse, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1Only a few minuets? But I don't know how do dance!
  • TritonX, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1For a more complete system, may I suggest MCNLive based on Mandriva. I've been using it for few months now and it is working great.
  • MackDiesel2010, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1you don't have to sell it...weird
  • ppincher, on 10/11/2007, -0/+0thanks marigold
  • DiggyBank, on 10/11/2007, -0/+0Because I don't need Linux. Plan9 FTW!
  • ramunas, on 10/11/2007, -1/+1Because I don't have an USB thumb drive?! Why would I need one anyway? I have 4mbit connection to get files...
  • ChillEnt, on 10/11/2007, -2/+1Wake me up when the "Why don't you have Leopard installed in your USB thumb drive?" article arrives.
  • cjayamal, on 10/11/2007, -2/+1hih! Guys cool down It just takes 50MB of your thum drive and i'm sure many of you guys have no idea how cool it can be!!!

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