[plug] boot from stick

[Ishwor Gurung]

Hi Orm,

2010/1/11 orm <ormg1 at bigpond.com>:
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> The CD i have is short on space to burn LinuxMint-8. Can i extract Mint-8 to
> a USB stick, then boot from the stick instead of from a CD?

In short yes - You have to make sure you write the master boot record
into the first 512 byte  of your USB stick (boot sector) and then make
sure your BIOS supports booting off USB.There are very many guides on
the net to help you with that.
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Regards
Ishwor Gurung
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