[Live-demo] Re: OSGeo Live 5.5 on a bootable USB stick

[Cameron Shorter]

Andrew, thanks for the feedback, and noting that pendrivelinux didn't 
work for you, and then following up with a process that does work.

Edgar,
Do you remember which version of OSGeo-Live you were using with 
pendrivelinux and pendriveapps which worked for you?

On 10/04/2012 11:34 PM, edgar.soldin at web.de wrote:
> When on windows using the mentioned Universal USB Installer
>   http://www.pendrivelinux.com/universal-usb-installer-easy-as-1-2-3/
> should work fine.
> I also made good experience with Rufus
>   http://www.pendriveapps.com/rufus-create-a-dos-bootable-usb-flash-drive/
>
> ..ede
>
>
> On 10.04.2012 15:15, Andrew Zolnai wrote:
>> Thx Cameron for your help.
>>
>> Creating an OSGeo-Live Bootable USB flash drive<http://live.osgeo.org/en/quickstart/usb_quickstart.html>
>>
>> Unable to create a bootable USB flash drive from Windows, recommend:
>> 1) download a mini ISO in Windows
>> 2) create a bootable DVD image
>> 3) make DVD and USB boot first
>> 4) boot off that DVD ubuntu image
>> 5) create a bootable USB from Ubuntu
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Andrew Zolnai
>> blog.zolnai.ca<http://blog.zolnai.ca>
>>
>> On Monday, April 9, 2012, Andrew Zolnai wrote:
>>> Hi, I followed all the instructions, CRC checks and all that to install Xubuntu on a USB and get this error, I think, reading it as it flashes on the console:
>>>
>>> root:_
>>> (blinks every 2 s. or so and shows)
>>> "Start menu has no INITIAL label"
>>>
>>> I reinstalled once in case I messed up something, but get the same thing. Install on bootable DVD works fine, so I don't think my system (Win7 Home Basic on 9 mo.-old HP Pavilion g6).
>>>
>>> Searching that error message didn't appear to turn up anything, and pendrivelinux.com<http://pendrivelinux.com>  is quiet.
>>>
>>> Ant ideas or resources?
>>> Andrew
>>
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