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jfca283

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From: Santiago, Chile

Registered: 2007-10-09

Posts: 177

installing Archlinux from pendrive?

is it possible?

Inxsible

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Registered: 2008-06-09

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Re: installing Archlinux from pendrive?

is it possible?

yes. provided your bios supports booting from usb devices. you will also have to use the USB core or USB ftp image from the download page.

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whukes

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Registered: 2008-07-18

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Re: installing Archlinux from pendrive?

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ins … _USB_stick

EVRAMP

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From: Czech Republic

Registered: 2008-10-03

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Re: installing Archlinux from pendrive?

My laptop was unable to boot from usb pendrive, so I used grub to boot Archlinux from a pendrive. Just edit the grub boot line (with e key).
This requires some bootloader that can boot linux kernel (grub or lilo) already installed though.
Edit: I will add a step-by-step howto on wiki when reinstalling next month.

Last edited by EVRAMP (2009-03-26 13:19:42)

jfca283

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From: Santiago, Chile

Registered: 2007-10-09

Posts: 177

Re: installing Archlinux from pendrive?

today i'll try it on my new PC...

jfca283

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From: Santiago, Chile

Registered: 2007-10-09

Posts: 177

Re: installing Archlinux from pendrive?

one doubt arise...
i follow the wiki on windows using flush...
but now, when i try to read it, on windows, appears a format problem
is that ok?