Comments on: Create a Bootable Ubuntu USB Flash Drive the Easy Way

By: Christoph

Christoph — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 22:28:47 +0000

thanks fo this tutorial. It gave me the tipp to use diskpart, which is not mentioned anywhere else.
However, it worked for me only after so additional steps:
1. format the USB prior to this procedure with FAT32 using HP USB Disk Storage Format tool
becaus unetbootin was unable to clean an existing MBR
2. after diskpart (in XP) the MBR was gone (or not yet available?!?) so I had to produce it with syslinux -f [usb-drive]:

then it worked fine!

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 02:17:44 +0000

Hey there! I followed your guide and setting up the program was simple as could be! However, I do have one problem – complete lack of persistence. I installed the program on a 16 gig jump drive just to test it out. Booted up fine and looked just like a live CD. So I ran update and made a folder on the desktop called “test folder”. I restart. Upon rebooting I find all changed to the desktop are gone. HOWEVER, the OS is still fully updated. >_> Any suggestions on how to get it to run like a normal ubuntu install?

By: newbie

newbie — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 21:45:09 +0000

MY PROBLEM

#DISKPART> list disk
#
# Disk ### Status Size Free Dyn Gpt
# ——– ———- ——- ——- — —
# Disk 0 Online 699 GB 0 B
#
#DISKPART>

Well I can’t choose and activate USB flash… so How to fix it ? please post here.

By: Linux Jim

Linux Jim — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 20:09:01 +0000

@Irony, some people either don’t have any spare CDs or perhaps use a Netbook without a cd drive? Bit pointless only showing how to do this in Linux, if you have Windows pre-installed on your machine?

Unetbootin is a great tool, really helps us out on our eee pcs!

By: k1d

k1d — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:55:43 +0000

Great build, using it about a year. Simple and perfect instructions also included.

http://depositfiles.com/ru/files/kcnd005tt

- Best Windows XP usb flash edition 2009.

By: andy

andy — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 09:39:56 +0000

Hey what about giving us some instructions to get a Windows XP ISO on to a USB stick using this App

By: Dan S

Dan S — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 23:42:36 +0000

I have an old windows machine, and it currently runs xp. I successfully put ubuntu 8.04.2 on the usb drive, but when i try booting from the usb drive, there is no grub to choose what to boot form, instead i belive linux’s start up code runs, and then some stuff flashes that i can’t read, and then xp boots. Do you have any idea whats happening? thanks

By: Euan

Euan — Tue, 19 May 2009 14:38:31 +0000

Is this the tutorial on how to install ubuntu on a flashdrive so that you can use it in a handy way and whenever you plug the flashdrive, the OS will run in any computer?

By: Grundic

Grundic — Mon, 18 May 2009 00:54:36 +0000

Very good guide! However, it kinda sucks that the author didn’t mention that the USB drive as to be a FAT32 drive and not NTFS for instance

By: Gary

Gary — Thu, 07 May 2009 23:06:07 +0000

I just installed Ubuntu 9.04 on a 4GB thumb drive just like I was installing it on to the laptop.
I just choose the drive when asked what partition to install to everything seems to be working ok in Ubuntu, however when I attempt to boot the laptop in to the Win XP os without the USB connected, I get a grub error. How can I get around this? Does any one have any ideas how this can be fixed? Did Ubuntu write a grub record to the master boot record? How can I edit this