Comments on: How To Get A Full Install Of Linux On A USB Stick http://www.pcmech.com/article/how-to-get-a-full-install-of-linux-on-a-usb-stick/ Helping Normal People Get Their Geek On Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:17:25 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Mihos http://www.pcmech.com/article/how-to-get-a-full-install-of-linux-on-a-usb-stick/comment-page-1/#comment-30988 Mihos Mon, 24 Aug 2009 17:47:00 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/article/how-to-get-a-full-install-of-linux-on-a-usb-stick/#comment-30988 Funny, I never use anything 'but' PNY flash cards to make bootable PE/DOS drives.... Are you using Diskpart to prepare your USB drive? Funny, I never use anything ‘but’ PNY flash cards to make bootable PE/DOS drives….

Are you using Diskpart to prepare your USB drive?

]]> By: Rich Menga http://www.pcmech.com/article/how-to-get-a-full-install-of-linux-on-a-usb-stick/comment-page-1/#comment-16769 Rich Menga Wed, 12 Nov 2008 21:21:20 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/article/how-to-get-a-full-install-of-linux-on-a-usb-stick/#comment-16769 http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net Use that and then tell me they don't work. Seriously. You're using crappy boot loaders. Junk those and use something that works. And cut the caps. Makes you look like an idiot. http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net

Use that and then tell me they don’t work. Seriously. You’re using crappy boot loaders. Junk those and use something that works.

And cut the caps. Makes you look like an idiot.

]]> By: la forge http://www.pcmech.com/article/how-to-get-a-full-install-of-linux-on-a-usb-stick/comment-page-1/#comment-16768 la forge Wed, 12 Nov 2008 21:03:58 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/article/how-to-get-a-full-install-of-linux-on-a-usb-stick/#comment-16768 .. sorry, correction: I meant to say no BOOTABLE flash drives at the end there. PNY makes very good thumbdrives, use them all the time, but not to start into PE or DOS. .. sorry, correction: I meant to say no BOOTABLE flash drives at the end there. PNY makes very good thumbdrives, use them all the time, but not to start into PE or DOS.

]]> By: la forge http://www.pcmech.com/article/how-to-get-a-full-install-of-linux-on-a-usb-stick/comment-page-1/#comment-16767 la forge Wed, 12 Nov 2008 21:01:24 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/article/how-to-get-a-full-install-of-linux-on-a-usb-stick/#comment-16767 WHAT? THEY ALL WORK? No they don't. What planet are you on? No PNY thumb drive I've ever used has worked as a bootable device, and many others don't work at all, no matter what OS you try to load on there, wether you use BartPE's USB utility, HP's "USB Key" appletes, or anything else. While many USB Flash drives can function as bootable devices, it's mistake to tell people that "they all work" when they don't. ATTENTION CONSUMERS! GEEKS! ETC! ALWAYS READ THE PRODUCT REVIEWS WHEN YOU BUY! Yes some of them will be placed there by the manufacturer, but when most of them say "could not get it to work as a bootable drive" chances are you shouldn't buy it. (side note: I've had good results from Memorex and Kingston thumbs, and even a few generic ones, but never from a PNY. Very good brand, but no flash drives for some reason.) WHAT? THEY ALL WORK? No they don’t. What planet are you on? No PNY thumb drive I’ve ever used has worked as a bootable device, and many others don’t work at all, no matter what OS you try to load on there, wether you use BartPE’s USB utility, HP’s “USB Key” appletes, or anything else.
While many USB Flash drives can function as bootable devices, it’s mistake to tell people that “they all work” when they don’t.

ATTENTION CONSUMERS! GEEKS! ETC! ALWAYS READ THE PRODUCT REVIEWS WHEN YOU BUY! Yes some of them will be placed there by the manufacturer, but when most of them say “could not get it to work as a bootable drive” chances are you shouldn’t buy it.

(side note: I’ve had good results from Memorex and Kingston thumbs, and even a few generic ones, but never from a PNY. Very good brand, but no flash drives for some reason.)

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