Make Live USB from 3D OS using Windows

The following tutorial covers the process of installing 3D OS to a USB flash drive via Windows. 3D OS is based on PCLinuxOS 2008 and utilizes an easy to navigate KDE desktop environment. With over 2GB (the CD version) of compressed data, Open Office, Firefox, Thunderbird, Frostwire, Ktorrent, Amarok, Flash, Java JRE and Compiz Fusion 3D are just a few of the many included applications you will find on the Live CD making 3D OS a great candidate to install to a USB flash drive.

Notes: By installing 3D OS to a USB flash drive via this tutorial, the USB bootable version will act just like the Live CD. No persistence feature by default.

Prerequisites for installing 3D OS 2007 on USB:

• 2GB or larger USB flash drive
• Windows Host PC to prepare the files
  
• PC that can boot from a USB device

Installing 3D OS to a USB flash drive:

1. Download and launch fixpclos.exe, a PCLInuxOS folder is created
2. Make an ISO of 3D OS (using K3B or Nero) and move it to the PCLinuxOS folder
   
3. Navigate to the PCLinuxOS folder and run fixpclos.bat
4. Move the contents from the PCLOS folder to your USB device
5. From the USB device, run makeboot.bat to make the drive bootable
6. With the USB device inserted, restart the PC and set your system BIOS or Boot Menu to boot from the USB device

If all goes well, you should now have 3D OS up and running on your USB device.

Modified from PenDriveLinux

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