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    Loading Linux on an SD card

    Discussion in 'Linux Compatibility and Software' started by acuraintegralove, Jan 28, 2008.

  1. acuraintegralove

    acuraintegralove Notebook Consultant

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    What about running UBUNTU/other distribution live off a SD card? Will that work faster than using a cd? I save it to an iso on the card...
     
    acuraintegralove, Jan 28, 2008
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  2. JCMS

    JCMS Notebook Prophet

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    As I awnesered in the other topic. The .iso file is only a file in its state. When you burn it as a CD/DVD Image on a CD/DVD, it becomes bootable.

    You can still isntall it on the card if your bios support booting from the SD Card
     
    JCMS, Jan 28, 2008
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  3. Paul

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    There are certain distributions (such as DSL) that can be booted from a USB drive. Here is a tutorial for loading Gutsy onto a Flash drive.

    Most laptops don't support booting from an SD card reader, and Linux distributions sometimes have issues reading from an SD card reader, so a flash drive would be a better and safer option. Plus, there are more instructions for it.
     
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    I think they could almost all boot from a USB drive no?
     
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    Absolutely, but my point was that there are certain distributions that are already set up and have official instructions for installing to a USB drive, such as DSL and GParted (not an actual distro, but you get what I mean). Others, including Ubuntu, you'll have to do research for.
     
    Paul, Jan 28, 2008
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