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

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(a)gmail.com <mailto:ronaldjstewart@gmail.com> >> >> >> >> On Sat, Jun 20, 2009 at 6:39 PM, david &lt;gnome(a)hawaii.rr.com >> <mailto:gnome@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!