Daniel Perelman
The problem# It's annoying to test boot sequences, either of flash drives or your computer. Rebooting every time you want to test a change is slow and loses your place. Which is especially frustrating if you're using a live USB to attempt to repair a broken bootloader and you have to try multiple...
Daniel Perelman
The problem# You know how to make a bootable flash drive, but you want to actually use it to install a permanent operating system (OS) onto your computer. The solution# Luckily, modern OS installs are very straightforward. Just download the installation image (e.g. Debian Linux or Windows 11), put...
Daniel Perelman
The problem# Last week, I talked about making bootable flash drives, but didn't go in depth about why you might want to do so. The solution# Bootable flash drives have a lot of different uses. The most common ones are simply dealing with an operating system that fails to boot or installing an...
Daniel Perelman
The problem# So you've built a new computer with fresh blank storage. How do you actually do anything with that computer that has no software? Navigating the BIOS menus can only hold your interest for so long. The solution# The old way of doing things was to have a bootable CD or DVD, but now that...
Daniel Perelman
The problem# USB flash drives have gotten very cheap, especially if you don't care too much about the speed or capacity. It's convenient to buy multiple for no more than a few dollars each to always have one available or even to just give away. But sometimes very cheap hardware is non-functional...