Install mandriva 2009 on USB

Posted on 13 January 2009 by lordikc

This video show how to install mandriva on a USB key. Only the begining is shown as the rest is the same as a normal installation.
The specific step concern the partitionning of the USB. Prefer Linux Native (or ext2) and, mandatory, set a label. That’s it.

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Don’t forget to install grub on the first sector of USB key.

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4 Responses to Install mandriva 2009 on USB

  1. JC says:
    28 March 2009 at 12:03

    THANKS A LOT THIS IS SO SIMPLE !

  2. Sacreuse says:
    27 August 2009 at 10:40

    Hello,

    I am really interresting about your article, but please could you explain me simply how to install grub on the first sector of USB key (version, format of the USB key, etc, etc ).

    Thanks a lot for your help.

    Sacreuse

  3. lordikc says:
    27 August 2009 at 20:47

    Hello Sacreuse,

    This is one of the last step of the installation process. At the very end the installer will ask you were to install the grub boot sector. Choose the USB stick and NOT the internal harddrive. Overwise you might overwrite the boot sector and have difficulties booting your native operating system.

    Have a look at this page http://lordikc.free.fr/wordpress/?page_id=334 and search for MBR.

    Regards,

    Lordikc

  4. simple says:
    19 March 2012 at 1:47

    I did run “dd if=/media/xdata/SO/Mageia-2-beta2-x86_64-DVD/Mageia-2-beta2-x86_64-DVD.iso of=/dev/sdb” and it burned the iso into the USB.
    When i plug back the USB stick, dolphin shows it contents, but when booting the USB is not recognized (i used this same USB stick to boot severall SO’s) so isnt problem from the bios or the USB.

    Theres some problem when the iso is burned with dd.
    Any hint?