Boot CrunchBang Linux from USB on HP 2133

There is no CD reader in the HP 2133. You will need an external CD reader or a usb boot stick to boot from. Booting from usb is no problem for CrunchBang Linux. You just need to create a bootable usb stick from the ISO. Creating an bootable usb stick is quite easy.

Here is a small list on how to create an usb boot stick for CrunchBang Linux on a Ubuntu Linux system in less than 5 minutes:

Get ISO

Download from CrunchBang Page.

Get UNetbootin

UNetbootin allows you to create bootable Live USB drives for a variety of Linux distributions from Windows or Linux. You can get it here.

Insert USB-Stick

You will need an USB stick of at least 1 GB size.

Find out Device

fdisk -l

The partition on the USB stick is /dev/sda1 for me.

Unmount the auto mounted Stick

sudo umount /dev/sda1

Format USB-Stick

sudo mkfs.vfat -F 32 /dev/sda1

Mount USB-Stick

sudo mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/tmp

Start Unetbootin

sudo unetbootin

Start Stick creation

• Select “Diskimage” option
• Select ISO from disk
• Select your USB device in “Drive” field
• Start creating the image hitting “OK”
• Close unetbootin

Unmount Stick

sudo umount /dev/sda1

Connect Stick to HP 2133 and boot from it

You just created a bootable usb stick for CrunchBang Linux.

• Stick it to your HP 2133 and start the system
• Press F9 for boot menu
• Select the USB stick to boot from
• At Prompt “Boot:” press enter
• Select xforcevesa (Other will freeze on boot) and press enter.

Your system should startup now. You can now try the CrunchBang Linux system and – if you like – install it to your harddisk.