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Want to try or install a Linux distribution (distro) on your computer? Making a bootable flash drive with an image of the distro is the simplest route these days. I've done it dozens of times, and ...

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So, last night I'm about to upgrade the kernel on my Debian woody system and I check to make sure I have a boot disk in case I mess everything up. Somewhere since I've installed woody, I've lost the ...

A flash drive is one of the single most useful tools a person can own. With it you can back up critical data, transport large files, rescue a malware-infested PC, and even run an entire operating ...

Live CDs, DVDs or USB drives let you run Linux without actually installing it. Here are five reasons why you should. In the almost 20 years since Linux was first released into the world, free for ...

The CDROM image was a firmware upgrade image from Dell (based on Linux). Mounting the image with iDRAC, it worked nicely. As one of the Servers had a dying iDRAC (Dell R320), I needed an USB stick.

Margaret T. wants to boot from a flash drive and work on documents from there. You’ll need to get an operating system onto the flash drive. You’ve got a number of ...

Zeebra Linux recently announced the availability of the Zeebra Linux CD--a version of Linux that runs from CD, without requiring a hard disk installation. The CD ...

You have got your shiny new Windows 11/10 computer. You have been using it for a while now, and everything is fine. Then, without any warning, your hard disk drive or solid-state drive fails. The ...