On 31 March 2011 22:11, Ranjan Maitra <maitra iastate.edu> wrote: > Hi, > > OK, I guess this would be unacceptable to ask in an Ubuntu mailing list > and I was trying to get help with a Fedora iso but since F15 has been > pushed back to be nice to mirrors because another distribution is > releasing just before the original date, I thought I would try my luck. > > I am a loyal Fedora user but I have to install a Ubuntu live from an > ISO. So, with Fedora, I know what to do. Download the live iso image > and copy to usb using the following command: > > sudo livecd-iso-to-disk --format --reset-mbr Fedora-14-x86_64-Live-LXDE.iso /dev/sdc > > and everything goes through fine, with a bootable iso image created in > the process. > > But when I try the following: > > > sudo livecd-iso-to-disk --format --reset-mbr xubuntu-10.10-desktop-amd64.iso /dev/sdc No that isn't going to work livecd-iso-to-disk is only trained to work with fedora generated iso's that buntu derivative uses a different squashed file system layout. > > Which is actually far less output and an useless (in terms of live or > install) iso on the usb. It is however recognized as a iso, but nothing > more useful than that. told'ya :-) > > Any suggestions on how to do this with Fedora? I prefer commandline > approaches. Ah the commandline always where something wonderful happens :-) here's what I did: mount the iso cp all files & directories to your bootable stick/media install grub or syslinux to stick/media: note ubuntu uses grub by default so you should already find a usable grub.conf, It can also be called menu.lst in /boot/grub In my case I used syslinux and modified the config according to the original. ...dex -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
