[xubuntu-users] Installing Xubuntu from a flash drive

[Steven Verner]

On 09/14/2013 09:30 AM, Anthony Papillion wrote:
> Usually, when I install Xubuntu, I do so from a burned DVD. But I'd like
> to do it from alternate media like a flash drive. I've downloaded the
> current ISO to my flash drive. Is there a way to install it from there
> to a partition on my hard disk?
>
> Thanks!
> Anthony
>
> Did you download it to the flash drive or "burn" it to the flash 
> drive?  Not meaning to nitpick the terminology here, just making 
> sure.  You need to "burn" it to the USB with a program(unetbootin is 
> my default for doing this). Once you have done that it is as simple as 
> restarting your computer with the flash drive inserted. You need wo 
> make sure your bios is set to boot from usb. Some(most modern ones) 
> BIOS have a simple aption to set usb as the first boot device, soem 
> will even view it as another hard drive, in which case you change the 
> hdd boot priority as the usb drive, and some (usually older) won't 
> have the option at all, in which case you will need PLBT.