[ubuntu-uk] bootable USB drive

[Vinothan Shankar]

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Neil Perry wrote:
> sudo aptitude installusb-creator
> 
> Is installed by default, needs the .iso :)
> 
> Neil Perry

...Or will work off a live CD (Jaunty or later, I think, might have been
on the Intrepid disc?) using the live CD itself, if you are in the
position of having a disk but not the .iso - just thought it might be
useful to know.

> 
> 2009/10/28 Rob Beard <rob at esdelle.co.uk>
> 
>> javadayaz wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I am going to resurrect an old pc. Its already running ubuntu but i
>>> would like to install xubuntu on it as its very old...PIII i think. So
>>> i am thinking of installing the lighter xubuntu on it!
>>>
>>> I have run out of discs but i do have a usb thumb drive lying around.
>>> Is there a utility that will help me make this into a bootable usb
>>> drive? I have seen alot of these apps but most of them are for
>>> windows. I am no longer a windows user apart from work!!!
>>>
>>> So this app needs to work in ubuntu...something with a nice easy GUI
>>> would also help!
>>> Any ideas?
>>>
>>> --
>>> Regards
>>>
>>> Javad
>> You should be able to do it within Ubuntu.  Click on the System Menu on
>> the top bar, select Administration and then USB Startup Disk Creator.
>> You'll need to download the Xubuntu ISO (if you haven't already) and
>> select it, then it should be able to create a bootable USB stick.
>> However, it will also rely on support in the PCs BIOS to boot from USB.
>> It might work, then again it might not (USB booting wasn't really
>> included in BIOSes until about the Athlon XP/P4).  Still you may be lucky.
>>
>> Rob
>>
>>
>> --
>> ubuntu-uk at lists.ubuntu.com
>> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk
>> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
>>
> 

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