Installing Ubuntu from flash drive

[Conny Enström]

2010-08-19 20:27, Earl Melton skrev:
> Hi All,
>
> I am a newbie to Linux and Ubuntu and have been reading this list for a
> few weeks now. I wanted to install it on a friend's PC, but his CD drive
> apparently has problems as I've tried twice and it never fully boots to
> the live CD. I think I have read about creating an install from a USB
> drive, but had no need for it until now. If this is possible, can
> someone give me the step-by-step procedure for doing it? Does it take a
> [special] flash drive, or will any do? I assume I would need to tell the
> BIOS to look for a bootable thumb drive? My apologies if I am totally
> wrong on this.
> --
> Have a blessed day!
> <>< Earl
>
> --
>

I use this: http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/

Works great!