brilliant, all of these help. <br><br> <div class="gmail_quote">2009/10/28 Neil Perry <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:nperry@gmail.com">nperry@gmail.com</a>></span><br> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">sudo aptitude installusb-creator<br><br>Is installed by default, needs the .iso :)<br><br>Neil Perry<br><br> <br> <div class="gmail_quote">2009/10/28 Rob Beard <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rob@esdelle.co.uk" target="_blank">rob@esdelle.co.uk</a>></span> <div> <div></div> <div class="h5"><br> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid"> <div>javadayaz wrote:<br>> Hi,<br>><br>> I am going to resurrect an old pc. Its already running ubuntu but i<br>> would like to install xubuntu on it as its very old...PIII i think. So<br>> i am thinking of installing the lighter xubuntu on it!<br> ><br>> I have run out of discs but i do have a usb thumb drive lying around.<br>> Is there a utility that will help me make this into a bootable usb<br>> drive? I have seen alot of these apps but most of them are for<br> > windows. I am no longer a windows user apart from work!!!<br>><br>> So this app needs to work in ubuntu...something with a nice easy GUI<br>> would also help!<br>> Any ideas?<br>><br>> --<br>> Regards<br> ><br>> Javad<br><br></div>You should be able to do it within Ubuntu. Click on the System Menu on<br>the top bar, select Administration and then USB Startup Disk Creator.<br>You'll need to download the Xubuntu ISO (if you haven't already) and<br> select it, then it should be able to create a bootable USB stick.<br>However, it will also rely on support in the PCs BIOS to boot from USB.<br>It might work, then again it might not (USB booting wasn't really<br>included in BIOSes until about the Athlon XP/P4). Still you may be lucky.<br> <br>Rob<br><font color="#888888"><br><br>--<br></font> <div> <div></div> <div><a href="mailto:ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com" target="_blank">ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com</a><br><a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk</a><br> <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/" target="_blank">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/</a><br></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div><br><br>--<br><a href="mailto:ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com</a><br> <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk</a><br><a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/" target="_blank">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/</a><br> <br></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Regards<br><br>Javad<br>