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linux on pen drive

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arpanmukherjee1
arpanmukherjee1 Original post #1
Jun 28, 2009 at 6:29 PM
yes i know it IS a very widly dicussed topic, but hear me on.....

i found a tool called unetboot, it works for me fine.

with :puppy linux, ubuntu, open solaris, mandriva.(i use only these many)

until i downloaded sabayon-4 . very impressed by watching its shell commands 5000+ ....

sadly unetboot failed to transfer a sucessful image.
neither did sabayon boot from the pendrive nor did it install..

please suggest a way for doing so or to copy all packages so that i can install them on pother linux
NucleusKore
Jun 29, 2009 at 7:17 AM
It's very easy in Ubuntu.

1. Insert an empty pen drive

2. Click on System-Administration -> Create a USB startup disk

*img200.imageshack.us/img200/8761/bootr.th.png

And follow on !
arpanmukherjee1
Jun 29, 2009 at 9:26 AM
thankx,

but this was not was i am looking for.
i want to copy or rebundle files as a repository that can be unpacked on other distros too.

any sugessions ??????????
NucleusKore
Jun 29, 2009 at 6:53 PM
I cannot understand your question
arpanmukherjee1
Jun 30, 2009 at 11:48 AM
let me give you the idea of my situation :

1. i have two comps first with sabayon 4 and other with ubuntu. sabayon has wine while ubuntu does not.

2. i want to copy all files of wine from sabayon to ubuuntu so that the program runs on other system.

3. this is the situation for other programs for example RegX, Kaboodu, Java etc etc etc....

4. any sugessions?????????
NucleusKore
Jun 30, 2009 at 10:19 PM
^ to the best of my knowledge, what you're asking isn't possible. It's like saying I'll copy the Program files folder from one Windows PC to another Windows PC and make those programs run there !
arpanmukherjee1
Jul 1, 2009 at 7:42 PM
ok, i get it.

so now .. how about the other way round ????
how to get sabayon 4 running through a pen drive???

i tried to use unetboot to copy the .iso file but Sabayon fails to boot saying that the mounted device is missing
chesss
chesss #8
Jul 1, 2009 at 8:47 PM
It's like saying I'll copy the Program files folder from one Windows PC to another Windows PC and make those programs run there !
That actually works with several windows program :)
Rahim
Rahim #9
Jul 1, 2009 at 9:03 PM
Boot and run Linux from a USB flash memory stick
NucleusKore
Jul 2, 2009 at 6:39 AM
That actually works with several windows program :)

Only those which do not make changes to the registry. The installer simply extracts the files to C:\Program Files and makes a shortcut on the desktop.
NucleusKore
Jul 2, 2009 at 6:40 AM
ok, i get it.

so now .. how about the other way round ????
how to get sabayon 4 running through a pen drive???

i tried to use unetboot to copy the .iso file but Sabayon fails to boot saying that the mounted device is missing

*forum.sabayonlinux.org/viewtopic.php?f=50&t=13311
chesss
chesss #12
Jul 2, 2009 at 3:29 PM
Only those which do not make changes to the registry. The installer simply extracts the files to C:\Program Files and makes a shortcut on the desktop.

Yes, but they can store settings in the registry, the settings will be lost ofcourse , on copying the folder. But one can import and export the registry settings as well, by copying HKLM/Software