On 28 May 2010 09:15, Scrase, Eddie <escrase...@wentworthlabs.com> wrote:
> <snip> > > > Stick it in, reboot and you may need to invoke the BIOS or some other > > boot menu to select the CD to boot from. Many computers ship with the > > hard disk being the default boot device, and need to be tweaked to > > boot from CD. Others have a menu which can be invoked with a single > > keypress at boot time, from which you can select the boot device. More > > recent devices can be booted not only from the internal hard disk and > > an optical drive but also from a USB device. As such you can (using > > special tools) copy a Live CD 'image' to a USB stick and boot from > > that. This can be quicker than booting from CD, and is more portable. > > To create a bootable USB stick from a live CD ISO image I can recommend > Unetbootin, which is in the Ubuntu software archive (there is a Windows > version of it as well if you prefer). I have to say that it's been a > long time since I used a CD in this way, as using a USB stick is quicker > and easier. Also a CD is not an option with my Netbook! ;-) > I also like Unetbootln <http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/>, however if you want to create a peristent version of Ubuntu ( to store additional files such as your documents, etc) then the Ubuntu Startup Disk Creator should be used. Thanks. -- John Stevenson jr0cket.com leanagilemachine.com
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