usb installation in netbook

[prudra]

I have a 32-bit Intel Atom Netbook(no optical CD/DVD tray) where I want to install ubuntu-10.10-netbook-i386.iso OS. At present I have installed opensuse-11.3 in it from an installation-usb created on my 32-bit Dell-Vostro-1014 Gnome laptop with debian-lenny OS by the terminal command
#dd if=opensuse-11.3-Gnome-LiveCD-i686.iso of=/dev/sdb bs=4M
When I created installation-usb for ubuntu-10.10-netbook by similar terminal command and used it to
install it on the Netbook, it simply ignored it booted to the hard disk. Where did I made a mistake?
And how shall I succeed?
Thanks for guidance.
P.Rudra.

[cybergnome]

Permissions are handled differently by different Linux distros. Ubuntu users who wish to use the terminal as root have to preface the command(s) with the "sudo" command.

[C.S.Cameron]

Usb-creator, (from the Live CD), UNnetbootin and Universal, (from pendrivelinux.com), and MultiBootUSB, are all good tools for installing Ubuntu to pendrive.

[sikander3786]

Usb-creator, (from the Live CD), UNnetbootin and Universal, (from pendrivelinux.com), and MultiBootUSB, are all good tools for installing Ubuntu to pendrive.
And here are the links ;-)

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/FromUSBStick

http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net

[C.S.Cameron]

http://sourceforge.net/projects/multibootusb/