HowTo: Create Slackware Linux Bootable USB Pen Drive

How do I Install Slackware Linux version 13.13 using a bootable USB stick under Unix or Linux operating systems?

Tutorial details
Difficulty	Easy (rss)
Root privileges	Yes
Requirements	None
Time	5m

You can use standard dd command to convert and copy a file. In this case you need to use usbboot.img file. The steps are as follows:

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a) Grab usbboot.img from the official ftp/http mirror.

b) Use dd command to write usbboot.img to a usb pen drive.

Examples

To download Slackware Linux version 13.13 using the wget command as follows:
$ cd /tmp
$ wget http://slackware.osuosl.org/slackware-14.1/usb-and-pxe-installers/usbboot.img

Tip: To download 64 bit version, try:
wget http://slackware.osuosl.org/slackware64-14.1/usb-and-pxe-installers/usbboot.img

To create a bootable usb stick, enter:
# cd /tmp
# dd if=usbboot.img of=/dev/sdc bs=512
Where,

1. usbboot.img – It is a 30MB small USB boot image that you can use to boot into the Slackware setup program.
2. /dev/sdc – USB stick

BIOS Boot Options

Your computer BIOS must support booting from USB HDD.

• Start your computer.
• Press [DEL] or [F2] to enter into BIOS setup ( this step is dependent on the type of computer you have, see your computer manual for more info).
• Make sure boot option is set to USB Hard disk.
• Plug the USB stick into your computers USB slot
• Boot the system up.

The Slackware Linux installer will start. Log in as root. Use fdisk or cfdisk command to create partitions:
# cfdisk /dev/sda
OR
# fdisk /dev/sda
To start the install type setup command:
# setup
You can now install packages from a CDROM, hard disk or network locations.

References:

• Slackware Linux project.

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