Need to install Ubuntu via USB

[Nils Kassube]

Scott wrote:
> The CD drive in my wife's laptop is broken, so I only have the option
> to install through USB and I have had nothing but severe problems.  I
> tried with both a 8.04.1 disk and a iso with "create a usb startup
> disk" and got the same outcome, a busybox shell prompt when trying to
> boot on the USB drive.

If you would install 8.10 instead of 8.04 you could download 
the "Ultra-mobile PC USB image" from e.g. 
<http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/intrepid/release/> and have a look at 
this page for instructions to put it on a USB key:
<https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MobileTeam/Mobile/HowTo/ImageWriting>


Nils