Want to make a bootable Linux on USB but forgot how :(

[Turtle Rig]

So a litte while ago with another PC in the house... A Sandy Bridge and no SSD on it.  I oncoe was able to try 5 distros and didn't really like it too much, but I love fuckin around with tech sh*T.. So I want to make the linux on USB stick so it doesnt use the slow hard disk drive.  I want it to boot right into whatever Linux I decide.  I want to try another one just forgot name.  Any how I heard of rufus and blah blah.  But right now Im shooting blanks, NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO not like that you sickos........ Im talking about the OS on usb and boot right with the stick.  What is the easiest way to do this.  I have distros just need something to make it a bootable LInux OS , and no installation, just boot straight into Linux with the flash drive.

[Anghammarad]

Hm, I hate to tell you, but ne spinning disk still may be way faster than your usual 10 bucks usb thumb drive... 

 

else... let me use google for you and paste the link: 

 

https://www.google.com/search?q=creating+a+bootable+linux+on+USB+drive&oq=creating+a+bootable+linux+on+USB+drive&aqs=chrome..69i57.9103j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

 

then if you only want a life system that all changes are gone after rebooting, that is a whole other story.

[Turtle Rig]

1 minute ago, Anghammarad said:

Hm, I hate to tell you, but ne spinning disk still may be way faster than your usual 10 bucks usb thumb drive... 

 

else... let me use google for you and paste the link: 

 

https://www.google.com/search?q=creating+a+bootable+linux+on+USB+drive&oq=creating+a+bootable+linux+on+USB+drive&aqs=chrome..69i57.9103j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

 

 

No kidding.  I mean I thought USB 3.0 was like 140mbps.. I know top notch hard disk drives are like 120mbps to 140isn.  Thank you Anghammarad for clearing that up so fo shure the rig needs a new SSD cuz the CPU is pretty snappy.  Also I don't want to fuk with my Rig ,, and next thhing you know it gets messed up somehow or loses files, so I can't do it with my PC ya know. to much fear.... so Im gonna do it on the Sandy and Anghammarad thank you for sure we need to get that box a SSD.  How much is the cheapest 250GB SSD in the world ?  Thank again!!!

[LukeSavenije]

rufus works

 

through with something like manjaro you have to select dd, not iso

[r2724r16]

7 minutes ago, Turtle Rig said:

What is the easiest way to do this. 

You spent 10 minutes typing that meaningless paragraph, but you didn't spend 10 seconds searching your question on Google.

[Anghammarad]

5 minutes ago, Turtle Rig said:

No kidding.  I mean I thought USB 3.0 was like 140mbps.. I know top notch hard disk drives are like 120mbps to 140isn.  Thank you Anghammarad for clearing that up so fo shure the rig needs a new SSD cuz the CPU is pretty snappy.  Also I don't want to fuk with my Rig ,, and next thhing you know it gets messed up somehow or loses files, so I can't do it with my PC ya know. to much fear.... so Im gonna do it on the Sandy and Anghammarad thank you for sure we need to get that box a SSD.  How much is the cheapest 250GB SSD in the world ?  Thank again!!!

USB 3.0 specs are nice... well were nice, but the usuall 10 bucks usb drive is slow AF... read with 20-30 mb/sec, writing with 5-12 mb/sec... 

 

if you want to use the whole bandwith of usb 3.0 you will need to get a much more expensive thumbdrive... 

 

a 250 gb SSD... around here they are up from around mid 30 €

[Turtle Rig]

6 minutes ago, Anghammarad said:

USB 3.0 specs are nice... well were nice, but the usuall 10 bucks usb drive is slow AF... read with 20-30 mb/sec, writing with 5-12 mb/sec... 

 

if you want to use the whole bandwith of usb 3.0 you will need to get a much more expensive thumbdrive... 

 

a 250 gb SSD... around here they are up from around mid 30 €

I have a bunch of flash drives,, I have couple Lexar 3.0 and SanDisk 3.0   ,,,,, so that is cheap ? 

[Anghammarad]

Just now, Turtle Rig said:

I have a bunch of flash drives,, I have couple Lexar 3.0 and SanDisk 3.0   ,,,,, so that is cheap ? 

I too have a usb stick which was expensive back in the usb 2.0 days

 

It all depends on the controller chip on those... 

 

You can test them in your current running system... copy a 2 gb file onto it and down from it... then you'll see how fast the stick is... 

 

My local supermarket have sandisk usb thumbdrives and intenso... and even inside the brands the differences in speed are enormous. 

 

To be honest, they are all snails, but some of them dead snails in speed. But as intallation media for win 10 for example the faster ones are enough. I was shocked after picking up a 32 gig one labeled "high speed" (yes I grab cheap ones as I need em without really doing research before) copying about 16 gb of data onto them took an eternity with about 6 mb/sec max in peaks.

 

[LienusLateTips]

Rufus

[Turtle Rig]

4 minutes ago, Anghammarad said:

I too have a usb stick which was expensive back in the usb 2.0 days

 

It all depends on the controller chip on those... 

 

You can test them in your current running system... copy a 2 gb file onto it and down from it... then you'll see how fast the stick is... 

 

My local supermarket have sandisk usb thumbdrives and intenso... and even inside the brands the differences in speed are enormous. 

 

To be honest, they are all snails, but some of them dead snails in speed. But as intallation media for win 10 for example the faster ones are enough. I was shocked after picking up a 32 gig one labeled "high speed" (yes I grab cheap ones as I need em without really doing research before) copying about 16 gb of data onto them took an eternity with about 6 mb/sec max in peaks.

 

Dude you rock amazing post Anghammarad.    Ya I can run benchie but I mean the machine has 10 on it so I don't want to wipe that ,, its for my sisters kids to come and surf or play online game or something.

[KarathKasun]

USB 3 isnt that slow, flash drives in general are.  They do not get multiple channel flash like SSDs.  Cheap drives are in the 5mb/s range, normal USB sticks tend to be in the 10-50mb/s range.  Expensive ones can do 150mb/s+.

[Turtle Rig]

3 minutes ago, LienusLateTips said:

Rufus

LienusLateTips thank you for making things definitive.  I wanted to make this thread so someone in the same shoes will have a easy place to go and see their answer and what not.

 

Rufus it is then.  I just thought maybe there is some other way then Rufus,, but ya if I remember correctly doing this I used Rufus and sh*T.

[Turtle Rig]

Just now, KarathKasun said:

USB 3 isnt that slow, flash drives in general are.  They do not get multiple channel flash like SSDs.  Normal USB sticks tend to be in the 10-50mb/s range.  Expensive ones can do 150mb/s+.

Wow KarathKasun ,,, I undersatnd what your saying thanks for your input.  Hmm I think Lexar and SanDisk should be able to do at least 80 to 120mbps possibly.

[KarathKasun]

3 minutes ago, Turtle Rig said:

Wow KarathKasun ,,, I undersatnd what your saying thanks for your input.  Hmm I think Lexar and SanDisk should be able to do at least 80 to 120mbps possibly.

Only the expensive ones.

[Anghammarad]

Just now, Turtle Rig said:

Wow KarathKasun ,,, I undersatnd what your saying thanks for your input.  Hmm I think Lexar and SanDisk should be able to do at least 80 to 120mbps possibly.

Again... Read Speeds perhaps... but you still need write performance... 

 

the gap between read and write onto sticks is hugh...

 

As for benching your sticks, just download a win 10 iso onto your win 10 machine, then copy it onto each of your drives, just the ~4gb .iso ... then copy it back onto the computer... your jaw may drop through the desk... (I have a dent in mine when I "head-deskes" due to really grabbing a dead snail usb thumb drive) 

 

Please just use one lexar and one sandisk... and test that