title says it all really, arch have been doing it for a long time so why cant ubuntu?
title says it all really, arch have been doing it for a long time so why cant ubuntu?
Because Ubuntu includes a handy little application called 'usb-creator' that will do it for you. 'dd' can be a dangerous command for noobs and even not-so-noobs like me.
personally, I can think of many reasons. First being actual demand. Of all of the users of Ubuntu, how many run it from a USB?
Then there is the issue of USB itself. How reliable is your pen drive .. is it a quality drive or a cheap piece of junk that can and will fail at any moment?
USB itself on some computers is a total crap shoot as to ITS reliability.
Why offer something that is going to get a bunch of complaints about "my download doesn't work" because there is no control over USB itself during the download?
Just my thoughts.
I used unetbootin
My PC does have a cd-rom drive, but I rather use my usb flash drive than add another used cd-rom to my big pile of cup coaster thingies
I've been wondering about this for a while too. It's very handy to dd a USB image and boot straightaway from that.
The only problem is, before you can get to the USB creator, you still have to get into the Ubuntu system, so you still end up writing a CD to get to the desktop to open the USB creator. ...
I tried that this time too, and it worked quite well. Not every ISO seems to work, but the majority do.
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Very friendly method...
I think that you are missing the point. I do all of my installs since 8.10 with a usb drive. Its not like I use a live-usb to do any work, I just find it to be a much faster and more convenient way to do an install. Besides, I would rather do it with the live-usb then have to use yet another CD any day. But this is just my preference.
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