Skip to main content

How to create a bootable Live USB Key with Linux on it?

Creating a bootable Live Linux USB key is really simple with LiLi USB Creator. You don't have to be a computer geek to do that.

It is a freeware tool for Windows and anybody can create a Live USB Key with a Linux ISO file (Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Xubuntu, Mint, CrunchBang, Kuki and Fedora) with five easy steps.

This software also offers an exclusive option of automatic virtualization to directly run Linux in Windows without any configuration or installation.

Here is how to crate a Linux Live USB key:

  1. Launch the LiLi USB Creator and choose a USB key or drive in the list
  2. Select a Linux ISO file or CD (for example Ubuntu, Feddora, etc)
  3. Choose the size of persistency data (select 200MB or more)
  4. Check the options you want - Enable launching LinuxLive in Windows, Hide created files on key and Format the key in FAT32
  5. Click the lightning button to start the creation (formatting the USB, Installing boot sector, etc)

Complete details here

Requirements are: A USB device with a FAT32 or FAT partition, 810 MB free (depending on Linux OS), Windows 7, Vista and XP. Download LiLi USB Creator (free)
Labels:

Comments

  1. Mezanul9:16 PM, October 13, 2009

    Nice Find! I was looking for a tool like this as I do not wanted to waste any more disks for burning and testing each and every Linux Distro out there. Thanks for this nice and helpful post. :)

    ReplyDelete
  2. Prajune11:13 PM, October 13, 2009

    Thanks for sharing this nice app. I was really looking for like one!

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Please leave your valuable comment below

Popular posts from this blog

Surf the Web Anonymously With Firefox Add-on Phproxy

There are several web based proxy servers available to surf the internet anonymously or as from another country. The Firefox add-on (Firefox 3 – 4) Phzilla helps you view a webpage or surf the internet using the PHProxy (a type of web based proxy server) proxy servers. It is very easy and convenient to use.
2 comments
Read more

Restore Lost Capacity Of Your USB Flash Drive (How to)

Some malware can hide full capacity of your USB flash drive. For example, a 4GB pen drive sometimes shows only 500kb or less. An interesting part of this situation is that, even after removing the malware or formatting the USB flash drive, you will not get back its original capacity. Therefore, the question here is how to restore a USB flash drive to its full capacity.
59 comments
Read more

Disable automatic Meta refresh/redirect of websites in browser for security reasons[how to]

Generally speaking, Meta refresh is a method used by some websites to instruct a web browser to automatically refresh/redirect the current web page after a given time interval. You can see this type of refresh/redirect especially in media sites. This is some times annoying or can be used for malicious purposes by redirecting you to a malicious site. If you don’t like this feature, you can disable this in your browser. Here is how to disable this in Internet Explore/Chrome, Firefox and Opera. Internet Explorer: Go to Tools - Internet options - Security tab - Custom Level button - Miscellaneous category - set "Allow Meta refresh" to Disable. Firefox: Go to Tools - Options - Advanced - General - Accessibility and tick the option next to ‘Warn me when web sites try to redirect or reload the page’. Alternatively you can use extension RefreshBlocker . Opera: Go to Preferences - Advanced - Network and uncheck "Enable automatic redirection".
10 comments
Read more