Three easy steps to carry Ubuntu 8.10 in a pen drive
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Spent countless hours figuring how to install Ubuntu to make use of those extra GBs in your pen drive? pendrivelinux.com has got everything done for you. All you lazy folks have to do is:
1. Boot from you Ubuntu 8.10 live CD.
2. Plug in your pen drive, open a Terminal and issue following commands:
$ wget pendrivelinux.com/downloads/u810/u810.sh
$ chmod +x u810.sh && sh u810.sh
3. Follow the online instructions and reboot your system, change the BIOS setting so that your system boots up from a USB drive.
That’s it!
For complete step-by-step instructions and buy them a cup of coffee, visit pendrivelinux.com
[via: http://www.pendrivelinux.com/2008/10/15/ubuntu-810-persistent-flash-drive-install-from-live-cd/]
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Three easy steps to carry Ubuntu 8.10 in a pen drive…
Spent countless hours figuring how to install Ubuntu to make use of those extra GBs in your pen drive? pendrivelinux.com has got everything done for you….
Posted on October 21st, 2008 at 5:08 pm
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Posted on October 24th, 2008 at 1:03 am
design Says:
Or just go to System -> Administration -> Create a USB startup disk
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Posted on October 28th, 2008 at 5:28 am
Patrick Says:
Did it, but grub won’t boot. All i see (at boot-time) is a black screen and the word GRUB at the left corner (that’s all). If i press a key, the word “GRUB” is printed again.
HELP?
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Posted on October 29th, 2008 at 7:56 am