Ubuntu Netbook .img vs. USB Startup Disk Creator

Tim Hawkins tim.hawkins at mac.com
Sun Apr 26 15:04:27 BST 2009


I think you just blockwrite the image to the usb key using dd


On 24 Apr 2009, at 22:39, Brett Alton wrote:

> I just downloaded the UNR image from
> http://releases.ubuntu.com/jaunty/ and noticed it was in .img format.
> The program to put Ubuntu onto a USB startup disk, USB Startup Disk
> Creator, can only read .iso files, so I'm wondering why the image was
> put in such a format or why USB Startup Disk Creator can not format
> .img images.
>
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