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How to boot Damn Small Linux from USB
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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color:#66cc33;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/7249cc28-c184-43a0-92b7-64b2d79d9dc0/8177E8DA-8CF8-4FC1-9979-01BE2225894D/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.pendrivelinux.com/2006/03/25/putting-damn-small-linux-dsl-on-usb/" href="http://www.pendrivelinux.com/2006/03/25/putting-damn-small-linux-dsl-on-usb/" style="font-size: 11px;">www.pendrivelinux.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.pendrivelinux.com/2006/03/25/putting-damn-small-linux-dsl-on-usb/"><P>This walkthrough illustrates how to install Damn Small Linux (DSL) to a USB stick from within Windows. Damn Small Linus is perfect for smaller USB drives.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.pendrivelinux.com/2006/03/25/putting-damn-small-linux-dsl-on-usb/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.pendrivelinux.com/img/486F8258-5332-4454-A3C3-B506C05D8A6B" alt="Damn Small Linux Screenshot" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.pendrivelinux.com/2006/03/25/putting-damn-small-linux-dsl-on-usb/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.pendrivelinux.com/img/3C8348F2-CE0B-408D-A079-6E726CCA62E8" alt="Damn Small Linux Screenshot 2" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.pendrivelinux.com/2006/03/25/putting-damn-small-linux-dsl-on-usb/"><P><A id="more-10"></A><STRONG>You’ll need the following:</STRONG></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.pendrivelinux.com/2006/03/25/putting-damn-small-linux-dsl-on-usb/"><UL> <li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><STRONG><FONT color="%23448abd">64MB or larger USB Stick</FONT></STRONG></LI> <li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><STRONG><FONT color="%23448abd">Damn Small Linux</FONT></STRONG></LI> <li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><STRONG><FONT color="%23448abd">HP USB tool (for formatting the stick)</FONT></STRONG></LI> <li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><STRONG><FONT color="%23448abd">Syslinux V2.11</FONT></STRONG></LI> </UL></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.pendrivelinux.com/2006/03/25/putting-damn-small-linux-dsl-on-usb/"><STRONG>The Process:</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.pendrivelinux.com/2006/03/25/putting-damn-small-linux-dsl-on-usb/"><OL> <li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><A href="http://www.pendrivelinux.com/2006/03/25/putting-damn-small-linux-dsl-on-usb/ftp://ftp.compaq.com/pub/softpaq/sp27001-27500/SP27213.exe"><STRONG>Download</STRONG></A> the HP USB tool and format your stick with the tool using the Fat or Fat32 option.</LI> <li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><A href="http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/damnsmall/current/dsl-embedded.zip"><STRONG>Download</STRONG></A> the dsl-embedded.zip</LI> <li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Extract the files from dsl-embedded.zip to your USB stick. </LI> <li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><A href="http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/boot/syslinux/Old/syslinux-2.11.zip" set="yes"><STRONG>Download</STRONG></A> and extract syslinux.zip to a directory on your computer.</LI> <li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Run the command prompt in windows (start/run/cmd) and CD to the syslinux directory. Once there simply type syslinux.exe F: (F: being the example drive letter of the USB stick in this system)</LI> <li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Reboot your PC, go into your system BIOS and set your boot order to boot from any selectable USB device. (example USBZIP or USB_HDD)</LI> <li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Save your BIOS settings. On the next reboot, you should have a sucessful launch of Damn Small Linux from USB.</LI> </OL></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;"> </td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/8177E8DA-8CF8-4FC1-9979-01BE2225894D/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>
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