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A choice to create a bootable USB image would be nice, since despite the existence of some automation tools, this is a hurdle that puts off some people interested in exploring RAM-resident Linuxes.



simply extract files from .iso with 7zip or winrar and copy to USB and run small utility to make it bootable (in the subfolder /boot choose Installer-for-Windows.exe or Installer-for-Linux.com ) More info here http://www.porteus.org/tutorials/26-general-info-tutorials/1...


Seems like they integrate a fitting tool:

http://www.porteus.org/component/content/article/8-informati...

Though I had preferred if one could just dd the iso onto the usb-stick, like it is possible with Ubuntu's images.


Agreed. I thought at first the ISO I downloaded WAS a USB image. And why the linux installer script ends in .com and not .sh is beyond me. But all that aside, this is a really interesting project!




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