[Deaf-lug] USB Installation

[Fintan Gaughan]

Its a 1GB usb pen i used.
I think i will give it another try tonight


Fintan


2009/6/12 Dafydd Eveleigh <dafydd at evejam.co.uk>:
> About the same as the hard drive.
>
> I need to get a bigger USB pen so I can use it as a proper computer
> resource.. 1 GB is not really good enough.
>
> On 12 Jun 2009, at 00:46, Fintan Gaughan wrote:
>
>>
>> Cool!
>>
>> I know it will be faster than live CD .. do you find it same speed
>> as hard drive
>> or quicker?
>>
>> Fintan
>>
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>>
>>
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>> * Dafydd Eveleigh <dafydd at evejam.co.uk> [2009-06-12 00:31:23 +0100]:
>>
>>> The CD player on the laptop which I installed Ubuntu doesn't work. So
>>> I used a Laptop in Work and used a Live CD to create a USB Boot which
>>> I then used for my home laptop.
>>>
>>> Sorry for not being clear.
>>>
>>>
>>> On 11 Jun 2009, at 21:26, Fintan Gaughan wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Ah great to hear that.
>>>> I thought your cd player did not work when you said optical drive.
>>>> Does not matter I read it wrong but glad your sorted.
>>>>
>>>> I did that method USB Startup Disk Creator  but did not work for me,
>>>> might be a rubbish USB that i have..
>>>>
>>>> Fintan
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> * Dafydd Eveleigh <dafydd at evejam.co.uk> [2009-06-11 18:08:05 +0100]:
>>>>
>>>>> 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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