Ubuntu iso to usb image

[Charlie Brune]

J wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 09:54, Santanu Chatterjee
> <thisissantanu at gmail.com> wrote:
>   
>> Hello Everybody,
>>
>> Like recent Fedora or openSUSE iso images, is it going to be possible
>> to just 'dd' the Ubuntu 9.10 iso image to a flash drive and install
>> from it on a computer without cdrom drive? Ubuntu 9.10 did not have
>> this property. IIRC I had to boot into the live cd and then create the
>> usb image from there.
>>     
>
> I don't know that simply dd-ing an ISO to USB is going to work, but
> you could always use unetbootin to create bootable USB sticks from the
> ISO images... or if you have 10.04 installed (and 9.10 too, IIRC) in
> System/Administration there should be a tool called "Startup Disk
> Creator" that will make bootable USB isos (without having to boot back
> into the live CD).
>
> In any case, I did not realized you could simply dd a Fedora ISO to
> USB stick and have it be bootable.  CDs use a different boot method
> than other devices (USB sticks are treated as any other HDD, I
> believe).  I'll have to pull an ISO and give that a try some time.
>
>   
Correct. The option is System -> USB Startup Disk Creator.

I've used it many many times with good success. The program gives you 
the option of creating a file system on your USB drive that will retain 
some files and settings for you (i.e., you don't "lose everything" each 
time you reboot with it).

Simply dd'ing the .iso to a USB drive probably won't work. :(

Charlie