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Installing Pendrive Linux

(Tutorial From –many thanks to them! I have added some comments here and there in bold italic where I thought more clarification might be needed.)

This tutorial enables a user to boot and run a Portable USB Pendrivelinux compilation (based on Debian), directly from a folder on a portable USB device, USB flash drive, external hard drive, internal hard drive, Ipod, etc… all without ever restarting your Windows computer. In addition, the user can install new programs, make changes and save personal files, allowing the operating system and any changes to be optionally restored on the next boot.

Using this tutorial, Pendrivelinux can be run from within Windows 98, 2000, NT, XP or Vista without rebooting. It runs from its own directory requiring absolutely no installation on the host PC. This is the perfect solution for those whose computer cannot boot from a [pic]USB flash drive.

Update 09/27/07: Now works on systems using Windows Vista as the host.

10/30/07 New Release: New release includes intro and exit sounds, nuovo iconset, OSX like theme, right click run as root, new boot menu and much more.

Qemu USB Pendrivelinux Persistent running on Windows XP:

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Qemu USB Pendrivelinux running on Windows Vista:

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Portable USB Pendrivelinux Persistent Tutorial:

1. Download QemuPDLv1.1.0.exe and run the executable. (Extract to a folder named QemuPDL)

2. Navigate to the QemuPDL folder and click the LaunchPDL.bat file to start running Pendrivelinux from Windows (It may take a bit of time to boot)

Main Menu Boot Options:

• Select Pendrivelinux Live to boot Live (doesn't save changes)

• Select Pendrivelinux Persistent to boot using persistence (saves/restores changes)

(You will always want to choose Pendrivelinux Persistent because otherwise all the changes you make will not be saved (see screenshot below)).

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Qemu Emulation Options:

• Ctrl+Alt (switch between Windows and Linux) (Note: this is how you get the linux window to release your mouse pointer. Once you click in the linux window, you will notice that you cannot move the pointer outside of that window. If you hit Ctrl+Alt at the same time and move your mouse, you will see that it now appears outside of the screen)

• Ctrl+ Alt+f (switch between windowed and full screen mode)

• Ctrl+Alt+2 (switch to Qemu Monitor mode)

• Ctrl+Alt+1 (switch back to Linux)

Default root password is pendrivelinux.

To set a new root password simply open a terminal and type sudo passwd root and then set the password you would like to use for root access.

The default Username is user. Default user password is live

Enabling Networking:

How to enable internet and network communication in Pendrivelinux. Note that when running from Qemu, Pendrivelinux uses the already established connection on the Windows host. You may need to allow your firewall to accept the Qemu communication.

1. Left click the "double monitor icon" located in the top right corner of the upper panel and select the option to enable Wired Network:

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Enjoy! [pic]

Additional Notes:

Once in Pendrive Linux, you will see a window that looks like the one pictured below.

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Note that unlike Windows, in this case the toolbar is at the top. If you prefer, you can click in a blank space on the toolbar and drag it down to the bottom of the screen.

To access applications, click Applications, to access your drives, click places, and to change your environment preferences, log out, or shut down, click on desktop.

Right-click on the desktop and choose “change desktop background” to change your background.

VERY IMPORTANT!!!!!!!!!!!!

When you are done with your linux session, click on desktop and then shut down! If you do not go through the shut down procedure, the changes you have made during your session will not be saved and your installation may become corrupted!

Also, when you have linux running, do not access your USB drive through windows (i.e., do not save files to it, change directories, remove it, or shut it down through windows.

Only click the “safely remove hardware” after your linux session has completely shut down.

Have fun playing!

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