If you want to boot gOS (or any other OS, including Windows) from a flash drive you need to make the flash drive bootable, then copy the contents of the Live_CD (or just the contents of the downloaded .ISO file) to it. To make it bootable, you can use "Unetbootin" , see this wikipedia article.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UNetbootin By the way, you also need to do this to install Windows. On 28 sep, 21:38, "Jan David Kuczma Sr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have been waiting for the new gOS 3 and I have down loaded it to my desk > computer. Now that I have been following all the discussions, most of which > I did not understand, can I simply transfer my download to a flash drive or > must I get some help to make a disc. With my Cloud being locked up in an > endless loop of testing will the new gOS 3 load. I am way over my head in > this and I am not hopeful about understanding Linux in a timely way. After > all, I just wanted an inexpensive laptop that I could do relatively simple > things while I am away from home. I am still cautiously optimistic. > > If it will not work, I am ready, somehow, to clear my hard drive on the > Cloud and format it, then load Windows XP which I at least know how to use. > > Any suggestions or recommendations would be appreciated? I wish I had just > used the Cloud as it arrived and not done anything to it.but that was then > and this in now. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "gOS Linux" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/goslinux?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
