Saturday, November 29, 2008

Making a USB startup disk


I ran across an interesting "feature" that was part of the new release of Ubuntu 8.10. "USB Startup Disk creator tool" After a quick google search I stumbled across a walk-thru...but the key was simply just to find the tool. the rest of it was easy as pie.

Step 1: Boot to Ubuntu from a live cd
Step 2: Navigate to System->Administration->Create a USB startup disk.
Step 3: Choose the settings that best fit your needs.
Step 4: Click "Make Startup Disk"

It is as simple as that. Restart, boot from your USB drive and enjoy!


Heres a look at the tool itself!



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2 comments:

chrismcm on November 30, 2008 2:39 PM said...

I'll email this to my brother who wants a tool, but hasn't the courage to ween himself from the windows teet.

How did you go with installing and running ubuntu on you PC?

Blake on December 1, 2008 5:22 AM said...

I still have not had a chance to get it installed. I just went through and made the startup USB key. Its been an insane last 4 days with thanksgiving in such. I'm hoping to find time tonight to get it installed and get a good post up for it!

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