Ubuntu in a flash

[Fred Roller]

On Wed, 2009-06-10 at 18:13 -0700, Fred C wrote:
> On Jun 10, 2009, at 5:19 PM, chuck adams wrote:
> 
> > On Wed, 2009-06-10 at 17:09 -0700, Fred C wrote:
> >> Hello list.
> >>
> >> I have to create a custom flash card with a recent version of Ubuntu.
> >> I am looking for any pointer document of even books on how to create
> >> flash card version of ubuntu. After a quick search on Google I can
> >> only find old, wrong or incomplete recipes.
> >>
> >> Thank you all for your help.
> >>
> >> Fred.
> >>
> > Easy as pi with ubuntu 9.04.
> >
> > Bring up LiveCD.
> >
> > System->Administration->USB Startup Disk Creator
> >
> > This will generate a bootable version 9.04 on the
> > flash drive.  I recommend you start with a brand new
> > drive or a newly formatted one.
> >
> > FYI
> >
> > chuck
> >
> 
> 
> Thanks Check for your quick answer, but from what I understand that  
> will transfer the content of the liveCD on a USB key. What I am  
> looking to do is to create a custom image where I can run from with my  
> own software and configuration, and not just a liveCD.
> 
> Fred
> 
> 
I did something similar.  I just did a normal install choosing the flash
drive as the hdd to install on.  albeit what I did was on my aspireone,
but the results were a removable OS.  I was actually just trying to
preserve the onboard flash card but worked as you are describing.  Of
course this means you customize as you like.  I'll look later, but there
are some howto's on building your own live cd, ran across one once.


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