[Deaf-lug] USB Installation

[Dafydd Eveleigh]

Hi guys

Just to let you know that I used a spare laptop in work to build a USB  
boot using

System --> Administration --> USB Startup Disk Creator.

Now installing the updates and everything is hunky dory :-)

Thanks for your help guys .

Dafydd

On 11 Jun 2009, at 09:48, Fintan Gaughan wrote:

> another option is to borrow and external dvd/cd player!
>
> I haven't had much luck  installing ubuntu on a USB drive but that  
> was ages ago.
> Not fimilar with Appple so I cant help you there.
>
> Cant think of any other ideas except installing from a network...
>
>
> Fintan
>
>
> 2009/6/10 Dafydd Eveleigh <dafydd at evejam.co.uk>:
>> Dear all
>>
>> I do hope you an help.
>>
>> I needed to do a fresh install on my laptop. After the drive was
>> partitioned the laptop stopped reading the disk, which leads me to
>> conclude the optical drive is faulty (It is an old laptop).
>>
>> So I am left with a laptop that I cannot use at the moment!!!!
>>
>> As a work around I know you can install from a USB flash disk.  
>> However
>> looking at the forums most of them talk about requiring ubuntu or
>> windows to create a USB boot-up disk, I don't have either.
>>
>> So I tried just copying the files from the installation disk to the
>> USB, needless to say it doesn't work. I do know my laptop will read
>> the USB disk on startup so need to find a way to create a USB
>> installation disk.
>>
>> The only operating system I have at my disposal is an iMac with Mac  
>> OS
>> X 10.5 (Leopard).
>>
>> Many Thanks in advance
>>
>> Dafydd
>>
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