<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;">Thanks for that, With the creating a bootable image, does that work just like a boot cd in terms of limiting options? I want t have the ability to install optional apps and have them installed the next time I use the laptop (with the memory stick)<br><br>Will look into the WUBI as I have not heard of it before.<br><br>Dual booting off the hard drive is not an option. <br><br>--- On <b>Sun, 26/10/08, John Barstow <i><jbowtie@amathaine.com></i></b> wrote:<br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;">From: John Barstow <jbowtie@amathaine.com><br>Subject: Re: [wellylug] Installing linux on a usb memory stick<br>To: "Wellington Linux Users Group" <wellylug@lists.wellylug.org.nz><br>Received: Sunday, 26 October, 2008, 8:20 AM<br><br><div id="yiv315685711">The latest versions of Ubuntu have a
tool called usb-creator for creating bootable USB images. You could also use the WUBI installer to install an Ubuntu image under Windows (which means you don't have to repartition). Presumably other distros have similar utilities.<br>
<br>With regards to the hardware, I don't see anything that raises a red flag since IIRC the F8 series has an Intel wireless controller. Webcams used to be an issue but there are new drivers in the latest releases that enable the vast majority.<br>
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