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