From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 21 13:22:27 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 010E9106564A for ; Wed, 21 Mar 2012 13:22:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-hackers@herveybayaustralia.com.au) Received: from mail.unitedinsong.com.au (mail.unitedinsong.com.au [150.101.178.33]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AADB08FC08 for ; Wed, 21 Mar 2012 13:22:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: from laptop1.herveybayaustralia.com.au (laptop1.herveybayaustralia.com.au [192.168.0.182]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.unitedinsong.com.au (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 045675C22 for ; Wed, 21 Mar 2012 23:35:58 +1000 (EST) Message-ID: <4F69D4CB.1010401@herveybayaustralia.com.au> Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2012 23:16:59 +1000 From: Da Rock User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:7.0.1) Gecko/20111109 Thunderbird/7.0.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org References: <20120321120551.GA1547@tiny> <20120321130648.GA1714@tiny> In-Reply-To: <20120321130648.GA1714@tiny> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: iso2flash img X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list 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 13:22:27 -0000 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 ;)