Re: [Gnumed-devel] Try Linux from USB drive

[Elizabeth Dodd]

On Mon, 27 Apr 2009, Sebastian Hilbert wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Currently there are two options to test/operate GNUmed from an USB drive.
>
> 1.) There is a nice tool called UNetbootin available for download which
> will let you install the downloaded CD image (iso file) into a USB drive.
> Given you have a computer which can boot from USB drives (most recent PC
> can do this) simply select USB option at the computers startup and it will
> start GNUmed from the USB drive without altering your PC's harddrive.
>
> 2.) Windows. There is portable apps. It is an extension which lets you
> manage a number of portable applications on your USB drive. GNUmed has been
> packaged to run off a USB thumbdrive in Windows.
>
> You can find all info in the wiki and do it yourself or order a ready to
> run thumbdrive (4GB) for a reasonable price directly from me.
>
> Sebastian
>
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Just to clarify one thing - The USB drive you make with UNetbootin, while in 
theory it should boot on any machine, depends on having given the bootloader 
(grub) the values for sda1 / sdb1 that are correct. If you take this stick to 
boot another machine, you may need skills in command line grub.


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