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

[david]

I've tried it with a number of Live Linux distros that all run fine from 
CD, and they all seem to be consistently searching for the CDROM. I 
tried tweaking some of the Unetbootin GRUB command lines without any 
success.

Probably the real problem is that I'm not using a USB stick. I'm using a 
4GB compact flash card in a PCMCIA slot card reader ... computer stuff 
around here is never as simple as it should be!

I did finally get US 8.10 installed from a DVD (burned at 8x speed). 
That DVD totalled 1.2GB. I tried the same trick (burn at 8x speed) with 
ArtistX .6 and .7, and both of the installs failed partway through with 
I/O error messages. The ArtistX DVD's are 3.3GB, so I think the laptop's 
DVD drive has problems reading data past a certain distance on the disc.

US 8.10 runs fine here with latency set around 10 msec.

Big annoyance about US 8.10 - it has Pulseaudio installed and running, 
so I always have to killall pulseaudio before JACK will start. When I 
get through with the installation gyrations, I'll deal with that 
permanently.

Robert Jonsson wrote:
> I dont't think this is a unetbootin error...
> 
> This is the only way I install lately, broken cd drives and missing cd 
> drives.
> If the stick has verified ok I'd think it's a problem with the actual 
> installation. Your internet connection perhaps? Or a bug in the installer..
> 
> But there are lots of variables, I could definitely be wrong.
> 
> Btw, 8.10 is not a recommended release, or so I have heard...?
> 
> /Robert
> 
> 
> 2009/6/21 david <gnome at hawaii.rr.com <mailto:gnome at hawaii.rr.com>>
> 
>     That install fails. It gets to 6% of the way downloading software,
>     reports that there's an error, and just returns me to the select and
>     install software stage.
> 
>     I posted on the Unetbootin forum, will see if I hear from anyone ...
>     thanks.
> 
>     david wrote:
>      > 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>
>     <mailto: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>
>      >>> <mailto: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!
> 
> 
>     --
>     David
>     gnome at hawaii.rr.com <mailto:gnome at hawaii.rr.com>
>     authenticity, honesty, community


-- 
David
gnome at hawaii.rr.com
authenticity, honesty, community