[CoLoCo] Ubuntu Install ISO to External Hard Drive?

[Andrew]

Yeah thanks TC, i bookmarked it too.

On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 9:14 AM, David Overcash <funnylookinhat at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hey that's an awesome how-to...  thanks for the link I'm definitely
> bookmarking it.
>
> -David
>
>
> On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 1:30 AM, Ringo Kamens <2600denver at gmail.com>wrote:
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>> TC wrote:
>> > This is how I set up my pendrives.
>> >
>> > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/FromUSBStick
>> >
>> > Ringo Kamens wrote:
>> >> Jim Hutchinson wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> 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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