Re: [LAU] someone awhile back posted about how to make a bootable Linux flash drive?

I've tried it with a number of Live Linux distros that all run fine from
CD, and they all seem to be consistently searching for the CDROM. I
tried tweaking some of the Unetbootin GRUB command lines without any
success.

Probably the real problem is that I'm not using a USB stick. I'm using a
4GB compact flash card in a PCMCIA slot card reader ... computer stuff
around here is never as simple as it should be!

I did finally get US 8.10 installed from a DVD (burned at 8x speed).
That DVD totalled 1.2GB. I tried the same trick (burn at 8x speed) with
ArtistX .6 and .7, and both of the installs failed partway through with
I/O error messages. The ArtistX DVD's are 3.3GB, so I think the laptop's
DVD drive has problems reading data past a certain distance on the disc.

US 8.10 runs fine here with latency set around 10 msec.

Big annoyance about US 8.10 - it has Pulseaudio installed and running,
so I always have to killall pulseaudio before JACK will start. When I
get through with the installation gyrations, I'll deal with that
permanently.

Robert Jonsson wrote:
> I dont't think this is a unetbootin error...
>
> This is the only way I install lately, broken cd drives and missing cd
> drives.
> If the stick has verified ok I'd think it's a problem with the actual
> installation. Your internet connection perhaps? Or a bug in the installer..
>
> But there are lots of variables, I could definitely be wrong.
>
> Btw, 8.10 is not a recommended release, or so I have heard...?
>
> /Robert
>
>
> 2009/6/21 david <gnome@email-addr-hidden <mailto:gnome@email-addr-hidden>>
>
> That install fails. It gets to 6% of the way downloading software,
> reports that there's an error, and just returns me to the select and
> install software stage.
>
> I posted on the Unetbootin forum, will see if I hear from anyone ...
> thanks.
>
> david wrote:
> > Currently trying a Kubuntu 8.10 net install image, it is downloading
> > things. I think there are instructions on the Ubuntu Studio site for
> > turning a stock Ubuntu installation into an Ubuntu Studio
> installation.
> >
> > david wrote:
> >> Thanks. Using either 64Studio 2.1 DVD image and ArtistX 7.0 DVD
> ISO, it
> >> makes a bootable flash drive that proceeds to try to mount a cdrom.
> >>
> >> The second link doesn't seem to lead to any place to download
> IMG files,
> >> and it doesn't look like 64Studio provides any img files ...
> well, they
> >> talk about it but don't seem to provide them ...
> >>
> >> Ronald Stewart wrote:
> >>> http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/
> >>>
> >>> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/FromImgFiles
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Thank you
> >>>
> >>> Ronald Stewart
> >>> Creative Director
> >>> Trinity Audio Group Inc.
> >>> 9854 National Blvd. #322
> >>> Los Angeles CA 90034
> >>> 310-733-9285
> >>> ronaldjstewart@email-addr-hidden <mailto:ronaldjstewart@email-addr-hidden>
> <mailto:ronaldjstewart@email-addr-hidden <mailto:ronaldjstewart@email-addr-hidden>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Sat, Jun 20, 2009 at 6:39 PM, david <gnome@email-addr-hidden
> <mailto:gnome@email-addr-hidden>
> >>> <mailto:gnome@email-addr-hidden <mailto:gnome@email-addr-hidden>>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> I thought I had kept the email, but can't find it now. I
> Googled, and
> >>> tried one method that claimed to work with Debian, but it
> only produced
> >>> a flash drive with an unknown partition table ...
> >>>
> >>> What I'd LIKE to do is be able to boot 64Studio from the
> flash drive,
> >>> install that, then rework the flash drive to similarly
> install ArtistX.
> >>>
> >>> The CD drive in the target laptop is going bad, and partway
> through the
> >>> install process starts having problems reading from the
> DVD/CD. My last
> >>> attempt left me with a semi-functional 64Studio
> installation, but I'd
> >>> rather do it right ...
> >>>
> >>> Or can you just dd an iso image to a hard drive????
> >>>
> >>> This is all so complex!
>
>
> --
> David
> gnome@email-addr-hidden <mailto:gnome@email-addr-hidden>
> authenticity, honesty, community

-- 
David
gnome@email-addr-hidden
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