Camaleón wrote:
On Mon, 26 Sep 2011 12:33:29 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
[OWLETT SNIPS MUCH]
I'm considering moving from Windows to Linux. I've downloaded the iso's
of about a dozen distro's chosen on disparate desires. Most, but not
all, are Debian based/inspired/...
I have fully equipped desktop machine and a laptop w/o a functioning CD
drive.
I wish to determine for each distro:
1. will it run from a USB stick on both machines? how well?
2. how well do I like the result?
You meant...?
a) "Run" (like a LiveUSB)
b) "Install from USB flash"
c) "Install into USB flash"
This needs to be expanded a bit :-)
[SNIP SOME MORE ;]
You should first clarify what's what you have in mind, I'm not seeing
your goal.
Started a reply which got longer and longer as I realized
not only what I
had left out but some unspecified (even to myself)
assumptions. I also
came across some links that caused me to rethink some
issues. I'll post a
better formed question to a new thread.
In the meantime the short version is:
I have:
1. one 16GB USB drive (freshly FAT32 formatted)
2. two WinXP machines (1 w CD drive, 1 w/o )
3. iso of ~dozen distros (most had the word "Live" in
description)
I want:
1. bootable USB drive with choice of a dozen Linux
distros at boot time
[I really want persistence]
2. two WinXP machines whose hard drive had not been touched
[had bad experience with a dual-boot setup that I was
supposed to be
able to back out of - didn't work out for unknowABLE
reasons]
Purpose:
1. Which distros can physically run on _BOTH_ my machines.
2. Which distros require least tweaking to run adequately.
3. Which of above is most natural for way I think and work.
Thank you
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