Ubuntu LiveUSB

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This is a tool to create a bootable Live USB stick from the running Ubuntu Live CD.
It was made in response to Ubuntu Brainstorm idea #16.

It performs the following actions:

• Detects available USB sticks (using HAL) and asks user which one to use
• Partitions USB stick with 1 partition
• Sets partition bootable
• Writes MBR to USB stick
• Formats partition FAT16
• Installs bootloader (syslinux) to partition
• Writes bootloader configuration file
• Copies necessary files from running Live CD to USB stick
• Sets language and keyboard of USB Live system to match running Live CD
• Optionally: Downloads and integrates Adobe Flash Player

Screenshot

Download

Install the deb only when running from the Live CD.
Please ask questions, report bugs, give feedback and suggestions on #liveusb on freenode.

• deb (for direct download)
• PPA repository (for apt-get)

Known issues

Please see the bug tracker.

Author

Simon Peter