From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 21 13:07:04 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 258ED106564A for ; Wed, 21 Mar 2012 13:07:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from guru@unixarea.de) Received: from ms16-1.1blu.de (ms16-1.1blu.de [89.202.0.34]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D720B8FC17 for ; Wed, 21 Mar 2012 13:07:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [82.113.98.61] (helo=tiny.Sisis.de) by ms16-1.1blu.de with esmtpsa (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1SALFd-0002iZ-Vs; Wed, 21 Mar 2012 14:06:54 +0100 Received: from tiny.Sisis.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by tiny.Sisis.de (8.14.5/8.14.3) with ESMTP id q2LD6owt001734; Wed, 21 Mar 2012 14:06:51 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from guru@unixarea.de) Received: (from guru@localhost) by tiny.Sisis.de (8.14.5/8.14.3/Submit) id q2LD6mLt001732; Wed, 21 Mar 2012 14:06:48 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from guru@unixarea.de) X-Authentication-Warning: tiny.Sisis.de: guru set sender to guru@unixarea.de using -f Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2012 14:06:48 +0100 From: Matthias Apitz To: 9Phackers@herveybayaustralia.com.au Message-ID: <20120321130648.GA1714@tiny> References: <20120321120551.GA1547@tiny> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20120321120551.GA1547@tiny> X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 10.0-CURRENT r226986 (i386) User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Con-Id: 51246 X-Con-U: 0-guru X-Originating-IP: 82.113.98.61 Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: iso2flash img X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Matthias Apitz List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2012 13:07:04 -0000 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 HIH matthias -- Matthias Apitz e - w http://www.unixarea.de/ UNIX since V7 on PDP-11, UNIX on mainframe since ESER 1055 (IBM /370) UNIX on x86 since SVR4.2 UnixWare 2.1.2, FreeBSD since 2.2.5