text: is there an easy way to boot linux form a flash drive? i just want a simple way to download a linux distribution, and install it on my flash drive so that i could boot from it. i want the flash drive to still be usable for anything else though.  i would also just like to know if it is possible to acess the harddrive from knoppix on a cd or even on the flash drive. you should be able to access your hard drive and any partition including windows with a live linux distro.