Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2012 00:19:05 +1000 From: Da Rock <freebsd-hackers@herveybayaustralia.com.au> To: Andrzej Tobola <ato@iem.pw.edu.pl>, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: iso2flash img Message-ID: <4F6B34D9.3020806@herveybayaustralia.com.au> In-Reply-To: <20120321133452.GJ20963@amp2.iem.pw.edu.pl> References: <20120321120551.GA1547@tiny> <20120321130648.GA1714@tiny> <4F69D4CB.1010401@herveybayaustralia.com.au> <20120321133452.GJ20963@amp2.iem.pw.edu.pl>
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On 03/21/12 23:34, Andrzej Tobola wrote: > On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 11:16:59PM +1000, Da Rock wrote: >> On 03/21/12 23:06, Matthias Apitz wrote: >>> Hello, >>> >>> I've forwarded your question to a colleague who is an Ubuntu fan and he >>> replied, that the creation of a booting Ubuntu USB key is possile with >>> Ubuntu tools/methods only, i.e. booting the Ubuntu live CD and following the >>> ways to install it onto the key (and not on disk). >>> >>> He wrote some years ago a small Wiki page about, it is in German but >>> maybe you can clue something from the commands there: >>> >>> http://mikiwiki.org/wiki/Ubuntu_8.10_Intrepid_Ibex/Installation_2009.04.07_usbstick >> I'll have to translate that, but I am trying to get a 'live' usb disk to >> demo on the clients cdrom less unit. I know the cd is live, I assumed I >> could get a live usb disk from that based on their instructions. >> >> For a supposedly user friendly system, obtaining install media is not.. >> :/ Maybe a little too much debian in the system ;) > You can use VirtualBox - boot live iso, connect usb and use native tool there. The saga continues... That doesn't work either- the live disk doesn't have the tools required! They obviously have no concept of simplicity... this really is insane :/ Back to the drawing board...
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