UNetbootin

[Stephen]

yeah learned that one as well.

On Sun, Apr 11, 2010 at 10:11 PM, James Mcphee <jmcphe at gmail.com> wrote:
> The only advice I have for using it is to wipe your USB stick completely.  I
> had a USB stick that I was using to boot ubuntu distros from that I created
> with the ubuntu USB Startup Disk creator.  Unfortunately that tool doesn't
> work for non-ubuntu distros terribly well and in trying to get eb4 to boot I
> used unetbootin.  That led to interesting problems that took me a while to
> figure out.  Anyway, my advice is to wipe the usb disk before setting up
> unetbootin on it as it doesn't seem it can deal with all oddities.
>
> On Sun, Apr 11, 2010 at 12:07 PM, Stephen <cryptworks at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> They have a Linux tool, but i think they are working out some quirks
>> to it. but great to have in a pinch, no install just run the
>> executable.
>>
>> On Sun, Apr 11, 2010 at 9:39 AM, Dazed_75 <lthielster at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > LOTS of variations on the theme at http://www.pendrivelinux.com/
>> > including
>> > ways to build a bootable USB Flash Drive that can boot multiple
>> > distributions.  The only unfortunate thing I see is the base constructor
>> > for
>> > the flash drive seems to be a windows only program.
>> >
>> > Very cool stuff!
>> >
>> > On Sat, Apr 10, 2010 at 12:36 PM, Stephen <cryptworks at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> This is a great little app, it has both windows and Linux versions.
>> >>
>> >> Its entire purpose is to put an ISO or Linux livecd onto USB
>> >>
>> >> I'm using the windows client to make USB boot SD cards and
>> >> thumb-drives with much amusement.
>> >>
>> >> From the top of the page so you get a summary
>> >>
>> >> Packages: Ubuntu Debian Fedora Suse Arch Gentoo More
>> >>
>> >> Introduction
>> >>
>> >> UNetbootin allows you to create bootable Live USB drives for a variety
>> >> of Linux distributions from Windows or Linux, without requiring you to
>> >> burn a CD. You can either let it download one of the many
>> >> distributions supported out-of-the-box for you, or supply your own
>> >> Linux .iso file if you've already downloaded one or your preferred
>> >> distribution isn't on the list.
>> >>
>> >> Requirements
>> >>
>> >> Microsoft Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7, or Linux. If you are having trouble
>> >> with the Linux version, try the Windows version, it usually works
>> >> better.
>> >> A broadband internet connection to download the distribution's .iso
>> >> file (unless you're using pre-downloaded files)
>> >>
>> >> Features
>> >>
>> >> UNetbootin can create a bootable Live USB drive, or it can make a
>> >> "frugal install" on your local hard disk if you don't have a USB
>> >> drive. It can load distributions by automatically downloading their
>> >> ISO (CD image) files, or by using existing ISO files, floppy/hard disk
>> >> images, or kernel/initrd files, for installing other distributions.
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from
>> >> rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button.
>> >>
>> >> Stephen
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>> > Dazed_75 a.k.a. Larry
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>> A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from
>> rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button.
>>
>> Stephen
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-- 
A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from
rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button.

Stephen