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Idea #470: Simplify install from USB, provide Windows utility

bug This idea is a duplicate of Idea #16: LiveUSB.
Written by ConstantineXVI the 29 Feb 08 at 02:04. Category: Installation. Related project: Nothing/Others. Status: New
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With the recent popularity of ultralight notebooks without optical drives (like the Eee and Macbook Air), it seems like it would be in our best interests to make it as easy (or easier) to install from a USB flash drive as it is to install from a CD. The method provided in the wiki documentation (https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/FromUSBStick) is quite cumbersome if one does not have access to another Ubuntu machine. I would suggest some sort of 1-click utility (from Windows) that would copy the installer and make it bootable from the USB stick
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Written by ConstantineXVI the 29 Feb 08 at 02:04.
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dburanen wrote on the 29 Feb 08 at 02:42
Something like the .sh script that eeeXubuntu works well from the livecd to create a bootable USB device.

http://wiki.eeeuser.com/ubuntu:eeexubuntu:home#detailed_usb_installer_instructi ons

MDC1 wrote on the 8 Mar 08 at 18:54
I agree this would be really nice.

avmian wrote on the 25 Mar 08 at 16:21
Yes !!!

After so many CD defect using the classic method I only use the USB method to install Ubuntu. It always worked on all labtop I tried. Much better than with CD. For that I use the following script as specified in the WIKI
http://www.startx.ro/sugar/isotostick.sh

But this script only work if you already have a linux box. This script should be ported to windows and supported for new user.
I imagine the following scenario for new windows user:
- Download an .exe file.
- When executing this file, it will:
• Download the distribution. (http or torent choice is given)
• Ask to plug a empty USB stick a and give the path to it
• Do the work of isostick.sh in order to prepare the USB stick
• Reboot and if possible order to boot directly on the USBStick
• And enjoy …

gnomie wrote on the 26 May 08 at 08:10
UNetbootin at http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/ already does just this; it can create bootable Ubuntu liveUSB drives from both Windows and Linux


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