2012/1/3 gene heskett <ghesk...@wdtv.com>: > On Tuesday, January 03, 2012 06:00:47 AM Viesturs Lācis did opine: > >> 2012/1/3 gene heskett <ghesk...@wdtv.com>: >> > I do not currently have a machine that can boot from either usb or >> > network, and that includes this $300 Asus mobo with a quad core >> > phenom on it. So ATM, the only universal boot to install method I >> > have is to maintain a working internal optical drive in every box. >> >> I am sure that there is even more universal method, which fits also >> size-limited situations - You can have one dvd drive for all machines >> and attach it to particular PC, when necessary. That way You will save >> on dvd drive cost, space in the case (and case size, if space limit is >> an issue) and, important for DIY cases, also effort of fitting it >> nicely in the case. > > I have a couple of those 8Gb usbkeys, one of which I wrote an .iso to with > dd, which theoretically should work. I could mount the image and read it, > but none of my machines have a new enough bios that they could boot from > it.
I have no idea, what is dd. I think that using System -> Administration -> Startup disk creator is safer choice. In Lucid it is installed by default. At least I love that tool. It will ask for a destination USB drive and source .iso file and wholaa! It will do all the small things, like creating the boot sector etc. I like that I still can use such a USB drive for storage - I simply copy my files right next to the things that already are there, because the Ubuntu install will use ~1GB. Viesturs ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Write once. Port to many. Get the SDK and tools to simplify cross-platform app development. Create new or port existing apps to sell to consumers worldwide. Explore the Intel AppUpSM program developer opportunity. appdeveloper.intel.com/join http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-appdev _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
