FULLY functional install of Ubuntu 10.10 to USB stick in a WinXP enviroment

[Mark]

On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 11:05 AM, Richard Owlett <rowlett at pcnetinc.com> wrote:
>
> Thank you all, I'm making progress.
> I now have 10.10 on a boot-able USB flash and changes I make are
> there the next time I boot.
>
> *BUT*
> There's always a but isn't there ;/
>
> On startup I still get the "Welcome" (sic) screen from the "Live
> install". The one with too VERY large icons. One is labeled "try
> Ubuntu" and the other "install Ubuntu" (with the same ugly
> background as the "live install" - the first thing I had changed ;)
>
> When I choose "try Ubuntu", I get what I want.
>
> Two questions:
> 1. How do I get rid of that first screen?
> 2. What should I be reading so I could have answered the question
> myself? I'm guessing that there is a script somewhere that is
> performing a function similar to autoexec.bat.
>
Sounds like you copied the livd CD image to your flash drive rather
than installing Ubuntu on it....