can i install CrunchBang with USB flash drive?[Solved]

Yes you can: the most simple way would be to use unetbootin to create a bootable usb drive from the live (obviously this refers to #! 9.04) iso image of crunchbang and then enable the bios to boot from the usb. You'll have a complete #! distro which you could install also on your hard drive!

Last edited by xaber (2010-07-29 00:45:03)

Mmmmmm... I really don't know... If possible, I think you should partition your usb drive, but, instincively, I sincerely doubt this will be a simple task...
In mere theory, I would think that after partitioning a (for example) /dev/sdb usb key, you should have two separate dev files for the 2 partitions (like /dev/sdb1 and /dev/sdb2). Then you could use unetbootin to install an os in sdb1 and another in sdb2... But I don't know how the bios will behave when having to do with a multipartition usb disk: you are not using a simple hard disk and, most of all, you are not using two completely installed distros, but two live cd images... And also: does the usb drive has a master boot record to manage dual boot? Well, I am really not able to answer to these questions, cause I've never heard of a multiboot usb: I'm really sorry!
But you can always try! It should not take much time

Yes, if it's possible with windows, it sure is possible in linux also! You only need to find the right way!
No expert around here to help us out?

Hey Sandro I'm from Italy too!

I live in Rome. Who knows, maybe once we'll meet "live".

Sorry for the little OT.

Last edited by ErSandro (2010-07-29 13:24:51)

thanks a lot!
i'v tried MultiBootISOs, it's simple and powerful! my flash drive become a Swiss Army knife now.