Ubuntu can make flash drive bootable with Ubuntu Live CD on it. It is under System->Administration->Create a USB startup disk. So, if you just point it to EMC2 .iso, it will create EMC2 live flash drive.
Regards, Alex. Kent A. Reed wrote: > Gentle persons: > > Copying to user-provided flash drives instead of handing out CDs is a > great idea, especially because it makes the user participate actively > rather than just grab reflexively. > > Just remember that > > 1) it is incredibly easy to propagate viruses and similar badness via > USB flash drives, although *probably* less so with a Linux host than a > Windows host. I'd want to do the copying on an isolated, protected host. > > 2) the .iso file is ~700MB. I'm always surprised to discover how much > space I've already used on whatever USB flash drive I happen to have in > my pocket and I usually find I have to delete something to make room for > the latest. The clock will be ticking away while making sure there is > adequate space and while actually writing the .iso file. > > Neither of these issues is a show-stopper, but I always expect that the > worst is most likely to happen on those occasions I'm dealing with a > live audience (a variant of Murphy's Law?) and I've rarely been > disappointed :-! > > Regards, > Kent > > >> Message: 3 >> Date: Sat, 14 Mar 2009 18:50:54 -0400 >> From: Dale Grover <dgro...@redcedar.com> >> Subject: Re: [Emc-users] EMC at NAMES, Apr 18-19 >> To: "Enhanced Machine Controller \(EMC\)" >> <emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net> >> Message-ID: <p06240861c5e1e206e...@[192.168.1.102]> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" >> >> Good point. Will try to be prepared for that too. >> >> Thanks! >> >> --Dale >> >> At 6:24 PM -0400 3/14/09, Wes S wrote: >> >> >>>> On 12 Mar 2009 at 19:59, Marty Swartz wrote: >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>>>>> Dale - >>>>>> >>>>>> There is one "downside" to having a stack of CDs ready to go, and that >>>>>> is the "grab anything free" mentality. I've never been to a NAMES >>>>>> show, but at other professional or hobby exhibitions, people will line >>>>>> up for anything of perceived value. (Screwdrivers, for example.) =WE= >>>>>> all know that there's intrinsic value on that CD, regardless of >>>>>> whether the label is fancy, simple, or merely scrawled with a Sharpie. >>>>>> :) >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Given the ubiquity of flash drive devices, being prepared to upload >>>> an ISO image to a users device might be a cheap option. Sure would >>>> appeal to tech savy type living on dialup. >>>> >>>> Wes >>>> >>>> >>>> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Apps built with the Adobe(R) Flex(R) framework and Flex Builder(TM) are > powering Web 2.0 with engaging, cross-platform capabilities. Quickly and > easily build your RIAs with Flex Builder, the Eclipse(TM)based development > software that enables intelligent coding and step-through debugging. > Download the free 60 day trial. http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-adobe-com > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Apps built with the Adobe(R) Flex(R) framework and Flex Builder(TM) are powering Web 2.0 with engaging, cross-platform capabilities. Quickly and easily build your RIAs with Flex Builder, the Eclipse(TM)based development software that enables intelligent coding and step-through debugging. Download the free 60 day trial. http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-adobe-com _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
