The usbkey are widespread, allow you to always have at hand documents or utilities wherever you are.

Usually, however, to retrieve the files we need to connect to a USB port with an operating system already started.
With Damn Small Linux (DSL) this is no longer necessary, the operating system is on usbkey and if the BIOS allows you to boot directly.

First, we prepare our usbkey, putting it in a USB port and creating a partition as big as the ISO file (approximately 50MB):

fdisk /dev/sda

then:

• n + p + 1 + return + invio
  to add a new primary partition as large as the entire USB key
• t + b
  to change the id of the partition in FAT32
• w
  to write the changes and exit this utility

now proceed with the formatting in FAT32:

mkfs.vfat /dev/sda1

The easiest to install is to boot from CD distribution, you can download one of the latest release from:

wget http://dsl.thegeekery.com/current/dsl-0.9.3.iso

Once you have burned the ISO image and boot your system by clicking on the desktop, select the menu tools item install on usb.

If the BIOS does not support running the boot from USB, you can use a floppy.

Proceed as follows:

wget http://dsl.thegeekery.com/current/bootusb-0.8.img

insert a floppy:

dd if=bootusb-0.8.img of=/def/fd0

restart the system, leaving the floppy and inserted usbkey.