Comments on: Ubuntu 10.10 Desktop i386 USB image

By: Merula

Merula — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 05:05:18 +0000

The stupid part is, if you’re not using Ubuntu, their ISOs aren’t like every *other* distro released: you can’t just dd the ISO to a drive and be ready to go.

While it’s been possible to create a USB disk “for years,” it’s a stupid PITA for anyone who isn’t using Ubuntu already. It’s an arrogant move by Canonical/Ubuntu and I don’t see them pulling their heads out of their rears to fix it any time soon.

By: Tom

Tom — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 09:50:13 +0000

Nonsense…

System->Administration->Startup disk creator

Works to boot from USB with any standard image works for years already. Simple and fast.

By: peterix

peterix — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 20:09:20 +0000

My solution:
Get virtualbox and the ubuntu iso.
Plug in an USB drive, blast everything on it with gparted.
Make a vbox profile for the iso, add a filter for the USB drive.
Boot the iso.
Make bootable ubuntu drive without having to exit your real OS (arch in this case).

By: totalizator

totalizator — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 07:57:24 +0000

There is a wonderful tool for that, called Multiboot. You can make almost every ISO bootable in a matter of seconds just by drag&drop. What is more interesting there is GRUB involved and you can have as many distros as you want on the same pendrive. Check this out: http://www.webupd8.org/2010/03/how-to-create-multiboot-liveusb-using.html

By: anjilslaire

anjilslaire — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 04:59:38 +0000

Agreed with most comments above Ubuntu has had the ability to boot/install from usb for a couple of years now.

http://www.ubuntu.com/desktop/get-ubuntu/download
Step 2: Burn your CD or create a USB drive

By: Calvin

Calvin — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 13:22:11 +0000

I find Debian doesn’t seem to work with UNetbootin for getting on it a stick with the ISO: it boots the netinstaller, but doesn’t want to actually configure the network because it can’t find drivers for the network card I know works in another PC which installed from the CD fine. This is on a PC with a DOA CD drive too.

By: tomas

tomas — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 13:07:26 +0000

LiveUSB doesnt count? or am I missing something. So far I’ve managed to boot all the distro’s (including *buntu) I’ve tested from a usb (having a netbook and no external CD/DVD unit…).

By: hecatae

hecatae — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 12:25:59 +0000

seems strange that OpenSUSE, Fedora and Mandriva all offer hybrid isos and Ubuntu do not.

having to use additional tools to dd the iso to usb is not user friendly.

By: evidex

evidex — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 11:42:43 +0000

Generally, there’s an option to create a LiveUSB from the Live Disk. It’ll work just like a standard LiveCD, but if you’ve space left over, you’ll be able to allocate any unused space to save files in.

I think it’s under System>Administration>Create a USB startup disk.

I’ll be grabbing a copy of your image though, just to try it out, and I’ll leave it seed for a few weeks.

Found it in Ubuntu Docs
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/FromUSBStick#Creating%20a%20bootable%20Ubuntu%20USB%20flash%20drive

By: Klink

Klink — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 10:36:14 +0000

This.

I think almost every Ubuntu release so far has worked if you “burn” the iso to a USB stick.