Need help installing through flash drive.

[bobmatino17]

I reacently bought a new computer, and it does not have a cd drive, i know that you can install off of a flash drive, and i was wondering if anybody could tell me how.

[oldfred]

There are a variety of ways. unetbootin and pendrive linux are easy.

Also has link to USB Flash drive instructions:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BurningIsoHowto

Pendrive also has page on booting ISOs
http://www.pendrivelinux.com/
http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/
Allows extra space on flash to be used
http://rudd-o.com/new-projects/portablelinux
With lots of links but using FAT, syslinux & grub4dos
http://www.pendrivelinux.com/boot-multiple-iso-from-usb-multiboot-usb/

If you have access to a computer with a CD you can install directly from the liveCD. The system administration, startup disk creator is very straight forward.

I prefer installing grub2 and directly booting the ISO from the USB but that is a little more advanced.

MultiBoot USB with Grub2 (boot directly from iso files)
Basically you just install grub2, create a folder for the isos and edit a grub.cfg to loop mount the isos.
http://members.iinet.net/~herman546/p20/GRUB2%20Bash%20Commands.html#GRUB_USB (http://members.iinet.net/%7Eherman546/p20/GRUB2%20Bash%20Commands.html#GRUB_USB)
HOWTO: Booting LiveCD ISOs from USB flash drive with Grub2
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1288604

[bobmatino17]

thank you very much for your help!