Install linux on a USB disk

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Modern computers can boot from USB storage like disks and sticks. But how to make a USB disc or stick bootable? Here are some approaches:

approach OS of your computer must be distro of bootdisk will be time to succeed
install Linux on a USB disk with Unetbootin Linux or Windows any 1 hour, depends on your choices
install Linux on a USB disk with Knoppix any Knoppix 30 min, depends on disk speed and size
install Linux on a USB disk with SUSE Studio Linux or Windows SUSE 1 hour
install Linux on a USB disk by cloning your computer any Linux any 2 hours

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