Re: [xubuntu-users] OT: better bootable thumb drive creator than unetbootin?

2016-12-05 Thread Rog
On 05/01/2016 01:17 AM, Patrice ARNAL wrote: I ususally use Easy2boot or Multi system http://www.easy2boot.com/ http://liveusb.info/dotclear/ (MultiSystem) Both are fine. Easy2boot needs contigous files and needs sometimes to be defragmented with a virtual window machine (JK Defrag) Multi

Re: [xubuntu-users] OT: better bootable thumb drive creator than unetbootin?

2016-05-10 Thread Patrice ARNAL
I ususally use Easy2boot or Multi system http://www.easy2boot.com/ http://liveusb.info/dotclear/ (MultiSystem) Both are fine. Easy2boot needs contigous files and needs sometimes to be defragmented with a virtual window machine (JK Defrag) Multisystem has its own management interface inst

Re: [xubuntu-users] OT: better bootable thumb drive creator than unetbootin?

2016-05-03 Thread Frode Lindeijer
I've been using usb-creator-gtk for quite a while now. Worked fine for every distribution in the Ubuntu family as far as I tried. I think it used to come with Ubuntu by default. sudo apt-get install usb-creator-gtk May 3 2016 7:56 AM, "Ian" wrote: I use usb-imagewriter. It works pretty

Re: [xubuntu-users] OT: better bootable thumb drive creator than unetbootin?

2016-05-02 Thread Ian
I use usb-imagewriter. It works pretty much every time. I never got any other program (besides using dd directly) to work. The Windows version is called Win32DiskImager (or at least I think it is the same). https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/usb-imagewriter For some reason it was dropped from t

Re: [xubuntu-users] OT: better bootable thumb drive creator than unetbootin?

2016-05-02 Thread Ince, Wilbur
You can also try multisystem, which allows you to add a few images to the same boot USB: http://liveusb.info/dotclear/ Wilbur Ince On Sat, Apr 30, 2016 at 7:24 AM, JMZ wrote: > Hi, > > Okay OT but someone here must know. I've never been able to create a > bootable thumb drive from iso using

Re: [xubuntu-users] OT: better bootable thumb drive creator than unetbootin?

2016-04-30 Thread JMZ
Thanks for the info Roger. I tried this tip from Ubuntu Forums, and it worked: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1701757&s=0937dde2c165a345f0348a97e368b84c&p=11804095#post11804095 http://goo.gl/s5Sb3y It was just a matter of changing variables in the syslinux.cfg file. Thanks Jordan

Re: [xubuntu-users] OT: better bootable thumb drive creator than unetbootin?

2016-04-30 Thread Roger
Try tuxboot.org I've had mixed success booting from thumb drives. CDs / DVDs have worked better, even when booting from an external drive via USB. Also interesting is http://archtyriel.kinja.com/turn-your-flash-drive-into-the-most-useful-tool-on-your-946943684 Let us know what works. On April

Re: [xubuntu-users] OT: better bootable thumb drive creator than unetbootin?

2016-04-30 Thread Elbert LaGrew
You've tried this? http://www.nextofwindows.com/how-to-boot-dban-off-usb-drive-to-wipe-out-the-hard-drive On Sat, Apr 30, 2016 at 7:24 AM, JMZ wrote: > Hi, > > Okay OT but someone here must know. I've never been able to create a > bootable thumb drive from iso using unetbootin. Specifically,

[xubuntu-users] OT: better bootable thumb drive creator than unetbootin?

2016-04-30 Thread JMZ
Hi, Okay OT but someone here must know. I've never been able to create a bootable thumb drive from iso using unetbootin. Specifically, I need to make a dban thumb drive to wipe a netbook (no cd drive). unetbootin gives me a menu of scripts on bootup. This menu is useless. Seems that a lot