Monday, March 07, 2016

How to run Damn Small Linux on Android(without root)



1. The first thing you need to do is to download the Damn Small Linux iso, and put it somewhere on the sdcard. After you have done that you need to install the application called "Limbo PC Emulator" on your phone.

2. Open up the application, and then select "New" in the dropdown menu, then select a name you want for the VM. 
After you have done that you need to change some settings like the amount of ram you want to be dedicated to the VM, and also where your bootable iso is located.

3. After you have changed all that you need to press the "Start" button and then it should boot to a screen with a DSL logo on, after that you need to press your menu button, then select keyboard and then press enter.

4. When that is done your phone should boot up DSL, but it may take a while to boot it.

How to make a Pendrive bootable via command prompt(cmd)


STEPS:
  1. Insert your USB flash drive to your running computer. As the first step, we need to run Command Prompt as administrator. To do this, we need to find cmd by typing 'cmd' in the search box on Windows Start Menu. After search result for 'cmd' appears, right click on it and select "Run as administrator".
  2. Type 'diskpart' on Command Prompt (without quotes) and hit Enter. Wait for a while until the DISKPART program run.
  3. Type 'list disk' to view active disks on your computer and hit Enter. There would be seen that the active disks shown as Disk 0 for hard drive and Disk 1 for your USB flashdrive with its total capacity.
  4. Type 'select disk 1' to determine that disk 1 would be processed in the next step then hit Enter.
  5. Type 'clean' and hit Enter to remove all of data in the drive.
  6. Type 'create partition primary' and hit Enter. Creating a primary partition and further recognized by Windows as 'partition 1'.
  7. Type 'select partition 1' an hit Enter. Choosing the 'partition 1' for setting up it as an active partition.
  8. Type 'active' and hit Enter. Activating current partition.
  9. Type 'format fs=ntfs quick' and hit Enter. Formatting current partition as NTFS file system quickly.
  10. Type 'exit' and hit Enter. Leaving DISKPART program but don't close the Command Prompt instead. We would still need it for next process.