Or go with syslinux as nicely explained by Dirk-Jan here also for an external USB device (works with Syslinux 6). Simply choose a Live Linux Distribution, the ISO file, your Flash Drive and, Click Install. Using this simple command from Arch (without the grub-mkconfig part) worked well for me to quickly install GRUB2 on external USB sticks. The Universal USB Installer is easy to use. I tried it and the boot failed, so continue reading for updated commands.

This is what the distro recommends.īe aware the rudd-o guide has great ideas indeed, but part of it is outdated especialy beware the GRUB install. Step 1: Open Virtual Box, then click on the new button.

usb Universal Serial Bus) knoppix pcibios Uses BIOS directly for bad PCI. I used it last month and achieved all my goals :)Īrch linux can be installed on any USB2/3 device (look the wiki for 'Installing Arch Linux on a USB key' with over 2GB free space in a way that allows using your USB install on multiple machines. Table 3-2 (continued) Boot Command What It Does knoppix myconfscan Causes. Might come in handy along with the distro powerful and easy to use tool to build a custom ISO called ManjaroISO.

I'm glad hassan_noori answered this question first as I didn't know yet Arch Bang guys have built up a script to add persistence on a live-usb install.Īs for Manjaro, stable 0.8.11 has no possible persistence, I've been told Manjaro-dev (aka 0.9) has it though I cannot recollect my source.

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