[ubuntu-uk] Using Gparted

[John Stevenson]

On 28 May 2010 09:15, Scrase, Eddie <escrase.uk at wentworthlabs.com> wrote:

> <snip>
>
> > Stick it in, reboot and you may need to invoke the BIOS or some other
> > boot menu to select the CD to boot from. Many computers ship with the
> > hard disk being the default boot device, and need to be tweaked to
> > boot from CD. Others have a menu which can be invoked with a single
> > keypress at boot time, from which you can select the boot device. More
> > recent devices can be booted not only from the internal hard disk and
> > an optical drive but also from a USB device. As such you can (using
> > special tools) copy a Live CD 'image' to a USB stick and boot from
> > that. This can be quicker than booting from CD, and is more portable.
>
> To create a bootable USB stick from a live CD ISO image I can recommend
> Unetbootin, which is in the Ubuntu software archive (there is a Windows
> version of it as well if you prefer).  I have to say that it's been a
> long time since I used a CD in this way, as using a USB stick is quicker
> and easier.  Also a CD is not an option with my Netbook! ;-)
>

I also like Unetbootln <http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/>, however if you
want to create a peristent version of Ubuntu ( to store additional files
such as your documents, etc) then the Ubuntu Startup Disk Creator should be
used.

Thanks.
-- 
John Stevenson
jr0cket.com
leanagilemachine.com
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