How to Create a Bootable USB Memory Key
Updated: 20 Nov 2008 | 4 comments
A while back I posted an article about how to make a bootable USB Hard drive. There are many uses for the process that I discussed. The only problem is that USB Hard drives are big, require an external power source, and most people don't have an extra hard drive kicking around.
I ran into this great article that goes through the steps to make your USB key bootable. A must read for all of us system admins.
Here is the link:
http://www.bay-wolf.com/usbmemstick.htm
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Big hard drives using external power
I have several bootable harddisks of 160 Gb. The brand is La cie.
The disk in it is samsung, and the size is 9 centimeters long, 5 centimeters wide and 9 millimeter Thick.
They only use usb for connection and power.
So no external power, and the price in the netherlands was almost 90 Euro's
Regards
Erik
Regards Erik www.DinamiQs.com Dinamiqs is the home of VirtualStorm (www.virtualstorm.org)
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I agree, this can be a
I agree, this can be a good way to create a USB memory bootable. This way gives the avalability to system admins to follow an easy manual image deployment without PXE features.
Thanks
PM
Just what I was looking for
Thanks for the info. This is exactly what I was looking for.
Interesting
Very interesting. Now I dont have to carry a diskette around everywhere, I can use my USB drive.
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