On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 09:29, steve szmidt <steve@szmidt.org> wrote:
> On Tuesday 06 October 2009, Chuck Hast wrote:
>> I use unetbootin
>
> Ditto, nice and simple tool, yet plenty flexible. Gives you a nice little boot
> menu too.
>
> I have found that some computers don't boot from the USB drive even though
> they say they will. I got old and new machines and I've not been able to make
> heads or tail why some do and others don't.
>
> I bought my kid a netbook (which does not have a CD/DVD drive) but fortunately
> it had no problems at all booting and installing from the USB drive.
>
Yes, I bought a Lenovo S10 and pulled the HD out and put a 500G hd
in it, then I put a USB stick full of Ubuntu 9.04 on it and squirted it full
of Ubuntu, at that point it became a REAL computer... With the MS
product it was SLOOOWWWW with Ubuntu I even have Compiz running
on it with a 3 faced object, I had the cube but found that at times I was
spinning through too many faces so I dropped it down to 3 as that was
all I needed for that netbook. The neat thing is it is FAST!!
I used unetbootin to build the USB stick using the windows version, once
built, I pulled out the HD and put the new big one in, and installed Ubuntu,
the whole thing took I think about 1 hour all told from the start of the down-
load to the final desktop startup on the new HD...
-- Chuck Hast -- KP4DJT -- To paraphrase my flight instructor; "the only dumb question is the one you DID NOT ask resulting in my going out and having to identify your bits and pieces in the midst of torn and twisted metal." ----------------------------------------------------------------------- This list is provided as an unmoderated internet service by Networked Knowledge Systems (NKS). Views and opinions expressed in messages posted are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of NKS or any of its employees.
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