It does the job in four steps and the it is a graphic and not command line utility.
1. Download the Iso image to a tmp / file
2. Extract and copy iso file to USB
3. Install the boot loader which we call GRUB (Grand Universal Boot Loader)
4. Reboot and enjoy
Only a few Linux distributions are supported by this utility as at present and I use Puppy (100 MiB) for my work.
Remember DSL, Backtrack, PCLinux (not Knoppix) and a host of Linux distribution now can be mounted on a Pendrive.
This is just to let you know that I have booted Puppy Linux 4.2, the first of all the Puppies I used (now it is Puppy Lupu 5.2.5) on a Flash Drive and configured the internet and edited this page on seamonkey (while I am doing this see monkey is telling me a new version is available) web browser.
Puppy and UnetBootIn rocks the Linux World which is 20 years young.
Now that it has become easy to install I must fetch all the USBs with Linux installed by me with various other methods universalized by the UNetBootIn.
I do not need to carry heavy luggage (means a laptop or netbook with various power devices) when I go out abroad on a holiday now with this utility doing the honours.
I will certainly have few Pendrives around by neck instead of the specks (which I often forget) on vacations anywhere.
Of cause when I return I will have a netbook (tested with my Pendrives before buying) in my hand without Microsoft and sell it at half the price to any prospective buyer on the spot.
If he wishes he can spend enormous amount of money and install Microsoft or he can buy few of my Pendrives at three times the cash value (extra payment is for the time I wasted downloading Isos with Sri-Lankan Telecom which boots my electricity bill high in the process).
Even then it is around $50 to 60 dollars (per item) but Linux is free as is always.
I do not need to carry heavy luggage (means a laptop or netbook with various power devices) when I go out abroad on a holiday now with this utility doing the honours.
I will certainly have few Pendrives around by neck instead of the specks (which I often forget) on vacations anywhere.
Of cause when I return I will have a netbook (tested with my Pendrives before buying) in my hand without Microsoft and sell it at half the price to any prospective buyer on the spot.
If he wishes he can spend enormous amount of money and install Microsoft or he can buy few of my Pendrives at three times the cash value (extra payment is for the time I wasted downloading Isos with Sri-Lankan Telecom which boots my electricity bill high in the process).
Even then it is around $50 to 60 dollars (per item) but Linux is free as is always.
No comments:
Post a Comment