[LAU] someone awhile back posted about how to make a bootable Linux flash drive?

[david]

Currently trying a Kubuntu 8.10 net install image, it is downloading 
things. I think there are instructions on the Ubuntu Studio site for 
turning a stock Ubuntu installation into an Ubuntu Studio installation.

david wrote:
> Thanks. Using either 64Studio 2.1 DVD image and ArtistX 7.0 DVD ISO, it 
> makes a bootable flash drive that proceeds to try to mount a cdrom.
> 
> The second link doesn't seem to lead to any place to download IMG files, 
> and it doesn't look like 64Studio provides any img files ... well, they 
> talk about it but don't seem to provide them ...
> 
> Ronald Stewart wrote:
>> http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/
>>
>> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/FromImgFiles
>>
>>
>> Thank you
>>
>> Ronald Stewart
>> Creative Director
>> Trinity Audio Group Inc.
>> 9854 National Blvd. #322
>> Los Angeles CA 90034
>> 310-733-9285
>> ronaldjstewart at gmail.com <mailto:ronaldjstewart at gmail.com>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Jun 20, 2009 at 6:39 PM, david <gnome at hawaii.rr.com 
>> <mailto:gnome at hawaii.rr.com>> wrote:
>>
>>     I thought I had kept the email, but can't find it now. I Googled, and
>>     tried one method that claimed to work with Debian, but it only produced
>>     a flash drive with an unknown partition table ...
>>
>>     What I'd LIKE to do is be able to boot 64Studio from the flash drive,
>>     install that, then rework the flash drive to similarly install ArtistX.
>>
>>     The CD drive in the target laptop is going bad, and partway through the
>>     install process starts having problems reading from the DVD/CD. My last
>>     attempt left me with a semi-functional 64Studio installation, but I'd
>>     rather do it right ...
>>
>>     Or can you just dd an iso image to a hard drive????
>>
>>     This is all so complex!


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David
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