As I often fail installing distros, in spectacular fashion, I need to
be able to get back to a working distro, as easily as I can manage.
I install this distro on to the whole laptop hard drive
Which easy distro?
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My preference
1. Trisquel mini
2. GNU Guix System
3. Debian GNU/Linux netinstall
How to create live USB / pen-drive installer?
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Android phone (root not required)
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1. Insert pen drive using an OTG cable
2. Use the EtchDroid app
Linux PC
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1. Insert pen drive
2. Look for the inserted pen drive device (/dev/sdX) using the
command lsblk
3. cat my-distro-file.iso > /dev/sdX
Windows/Mac
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There is probably some way
How to install
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Check the wiki of the distro you have chosen and hope for the best :P