November 19th, 2008
Live ubuntu Install USB
Well my new 16gig usb stick arrived today which ill be using for computer repairs, holing all my apps just to install and set-up machines fast!
I also decided to make it a bootable ubuntu installer which is pretty handy for installing the asus eeepc or asus one.
I first partitioned the drive so i had one gig for the ISO and a bit of space incase i need to add some files to the install set-up. And made a 15 gig partition vfat for all the windows apps (if only they had apt!! ha ha lame)
I first tried the create usb start up disk in system -> administration which ran through the process and set-up easy, popped it in the asus and it didn’t boot! So did a google search and found a program called live-usb nice and easy again to use! but failed to boot!
So i looked again and found a program called UNetbootin this is a far better bit of kit has many options and isn’t just a live usb ubuntu creator, you can make a live linux usb key with various distros.
Easy to use followed it through booted of the key in the asus – perfect loads fast installed compled great!!
Try it here http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/