[ale] anyone installed linux on to a flash drive

[Ted W.]

It's become extraordinarily easy to install Linux on a flash drive. The 
simplest way, is with a program called Unetbootin. You can download this 
application from http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net. Once you download 
Unetbootin, plug in your flash drive, fire it up and select the 
distribution from the list at the top, or provide your own ISO image in 
the browse window. Select your flash drive in the drop down at the 
bottom and click "OK". Unetbootin takes care of the rest. Once it's 
finished you can reboot your system and choose the flash drive in the 
boot device menu (You may need to enable this in your BIOS).

I hope this gets you on your way, if you need further assistance I'm 
sure someone here can help you out.

> Narahari 'n' Savitha <mailto:savithari at gmail.com>
> September 30, 2012 10:02 AM
> Friends:
>
> I want to install Linux on to a flash drive.
>
> Has anyone in the ALE family done this ?
>
> When I install Linux on to a Flash drive, does it mean that I can take 
> it from machine to machine or is it specific to the hardware that I 
> installed for ?
>
> What about taking the flash drive out and plugging it back to the same 
> machine, that should be doable right ?  I am trying to use this as an 
> alternate os at work on the same hardware.
>
> What is the diff between installing the OS on a Flash drive vs running 
> Live CD (Puppy or Linux Mint that saves data) ?
>
> My Flash drive is 2GB and I am not sure if Arch can be installed there 
> with XFace.
>
> Is it feasible to do so ?
>
> I would like all kinds of comments to help out.
>
> -Narahari
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