USB boot has been possible since the Raspberry Pi 2 Model B (v1.2), but it has only become really worthwhile with the Pi 4. Here is some information, tips, tricks and opinions explaining why and how.

Creating a bootable USB drive let's you get hands-on experience with Linux without necessarily overwriting your system.

I am using Linux 2.4 & Lilo and trying to make a 2 floppy boot system work on a USB floppy drive.On a machine with a normal floppy drive (/dev/fd0) it works fine. The kernel boots, then asks for ...

] Create a bootable Linux USB from Windows If you are running Windows, your best bet is to use rufus, a free and open source USB writing tool.

What do you use your USB flash drive for? Have you considered running Linux from it? A Linux Live USB flash drive is a great way to try out Linux without making any changes to your computer.

These days, it only takes an increasingly-cheap USB thumb drive and a program like UNetbootin to create a portable Linux desktop you can run on any computer that can boot from a USB port. But ...

These refer to the 32-bit NET installer and the 64-bit NET installer. Both of the openSUSE installers above are already bootable, but the idea here is to be able to run either one, so we want to boot ...

Our goal is to create a bootable USB stick containing our chosen Linux OS. A minimum capacity of 8GB is recommended for your USB drive.

Of course, to use a bootable USB, you’ll need a computer thatsupports booting from USB, and vendor Bluestsoft acknowledges thatgeneric Linux usually doesn’t.

Live CDs, DVDs or USB drives let you run Linux without actually installing it. Here are five reasons why you should.