[CoLoCo] Ubuntu Install ISO to External Hard Drive?

[Ringo Kamens]

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TC wrote:
> This is how I set up my pendrives.
> 
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/FromUSBStick
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> Ringo Kamens wrote:
>> Jim Hutchinson wrote:
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>>> On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 11:33 PM, Ringo Kamens <2600denver at gmail.com
>>> <mailto:2600denver at gmail.com>> wrote:
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>>>     I have a friend whose version of XP broke and I convinced him to switch
>>>     to Ubuntu after this most recent crash. The problem is that his laptop's
>>>     CD drive is totally ruined and as a result, I can't boot from the Ubuntu
>>>     CD. I have all the ISOs on my computer, is there a way I can copy the
>>>     data from them onto a partition on my external hard drive and boot from
>>>     that? Any help would be appreciated, as I have to figure this out by
>>>     tomorrow. An Ubuntu install is on the line ; )
>>
>>> I've never tried this but I think one approach would be to make a live
>>> flash drive (http://www.pendrivelinux.com/) and then boot it and install
>>> that way. One of my students last year put backtrack on a flash drive
>>> and used it for a while. I know I've seen other discussions about this
>>> too but I can't remember where. There may be a page on the wiki. The
>>> other thing is that the computer will need to have the capability to
>>> boot from usb. If it's newer it probably does. With dell press f12 to
>>> see the boot options. Other computers will have a similar option.
>>> -- 
>>> Jim (Ubuntu geek extraordinaire)
>>> ----
>>> Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments.
>>> See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html
>> I googled around for solutions before posting here and pendrivelinux did
>> come up. The problem is that if I make a pen drive from my machine, it
>> will be set up for my hardware, might have my logs or files or who knows
>> what,  and then his computer might not work. Perhaps I'm
>> mis-understanding the way it works? I thought I might just be able to do:
>> $dd if=/file/ubuntu.iso of=/dev/sdb1
>> but that didn't work because it wouldn't boot (all the files were there!
>> and the boot flag was set!). Is there something obvious I'm missing like
>> an MBR on the external hard drive? If so, is that jus a partition thing
>> or do I need to use the whole hard drive?
>> Thanks for your help,
>> CRK
>>
> 
Thanks so much! I ended up doing the usbtostick.sh from the link to the
Wiki you gave me and it worked perfectly! I didn't even have to use the
whole drive, I just used the first partition on it. YOU ROCK!
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