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Installation from USB Stick

Posted on September 25th, 2008 by El RIDO

The method described below is truly one of the simplest for installing an Ubuntu ISO image on an USB stick.

use syslinux to make the usb stick bootable (you will need to set the bootable flag too. i think syslinux gives you pointers on how to if it isn’t set, that or use something like fdisk)
copy the contents of the ‚isolinux‘ dir on the install iso into the root dir on the usb stick
rename isolinux.cfg to syslinux.cfg
goto http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dis…ages/hd-media/ and download the initrd.gz and vmlinuz files.
create a folder on the usb stick called ‚install‘ and copy initrd.gz and vmlinuz into it (or alternatively edit the syslinux.cfg to point it to the correct location of initrd.gz+vmlinuz)
copy the ubuntu iso you wish to install onto the root of the usb stick