Mandriva Flash 2009 is a complete mobile 3D desktop on a 8GB USB key. Mandriva Flash 2009 is the first Linux USB Key on the market. Plug in the key, take your Linux system everywhere with you, save and exchange your data in more than 6 GB of free space. Linux becomes easier than ever. Mandriva exclusive migration tool makes it easy to import your documents and settings from Windows to Mandriva.
As well as booting a full Mandriva environment from the Flash, you can plug in the Flash to a system running Windows, then use Windows versions of Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird with your bookmarks and emails from your Flash system!
You like your new environment ? Install it on your personal computer in a few clicks. It's easy and secure !
Mandriva is not only fast and small: with it you can transform a PC in an impressive 3D desktop with lots of animations and effects.
You like your Linux environement, install it on your personal computer. You will be able to get back this environment in a few clics and also personnalised as you wish.
Protect your family and friends from viruses and malware, offer them freedom of choice and the desktop of the future in a small, high-quality USB key.
Test-drive a real Linux desktop, save your documents and settings on the key – no need to install anything on your hard drive.
Most recent BIOS allow your computer to boot on USB devices.
Mandriva Flash provides you a bootables CD. A small bootable CD-ROM image is also present on the shared partition of the Mandriva Flash USB key. It is only 3MB, so it can be burnt on a credit-card sized CD-ROM. You can then make your computer boot on this CD-ROM (and make sure your Mandriva Flash USB key is plugged), it will automatically use the Mandriva Flash USB key. Once Mandriva Flash is booted, you can eject the CD-ROM.
The Mandriva Flash product comes with one month of Mandriva support, please contact us if you experience some problems.
For owners of the Mandriva Flash, Mandriva has developed a utility CD which will allow you to do several maintenance / repair operations on the Mandriva Flash.
The rescue CD enables customers to:
You can download the Mandriva Flash Rescue CD (only available to people having purchased the Mandriva Flash, and registered their activation key – requires you to authenticate with your Mandriva user account – MD5SUM to check your download) and restore your Mandriva Flash. And read the Mandriva Flash README.
