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Welcome to the tutorial guide. The guide will provide you with advise and instructions on how to make a USB Boot CD for Xubuntu 9.04.

USB Boot CD for Xubuntu 9.04 build essentials:
It is good to know the USB Boot CD for Xubuntu 9.04 essentials. These are as provided below:
- PC with a BIOS that does not support booting from USB
- Xubuntu 9.04 CD
- Working CD Drive and USB Port
- USB flash drive with Xubuntu 9.04 preinstalled

How to create a CD to Boot Kubuntu from USB
Now, let’s go through the steps as required for creating a CD to Boot Kubuntu from USB.
- First of all, please insert your Xubuntu 9.04 Live CD and restart your computer, booting from the CD
- Open a Terminal and Type mkdir -p ubcdx/boot/grub
- Now, please type cp /usr/lib/grub/i386-pc/stage2_eltorito ubcdx/boot/grub
- Type mousepad ubcdx/boot/grub/menu.lst

Please note that you need to copy the following information to the menu.lst file and save the file:
title Run Xubuntu 9.04 from USB DISK
root (cd)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz file=/cdrom/preseed/xubuntu.seed boot=casper noprompt cdrom-detect/try-usb=true persistent
initrd /boot/initrd.gz
boot
- Type cp /cdrom/casper/initrd.gz ~/ubcdx/boot
- Type cp /cdrom/casper/vmlinuz ~/ubcdx/boot
- Type sudo mousepad /etc/initramfs-tools/modules
Now, please add the following lines to the end of the modules file and save the file:
usbcore
usb-storage
uhci_hcd
ohci_hcd
ehci_hcd
sd_mod
scsi_mod
- Type sudo mousepad /etc/initramfs-tools/initramfs.conf
Add the following line to the bottom of the file and save the file:
WAIT=8
- Now, type sudo mkinitramfs -o ubcdx/boot/initrd.gz 2.6.2*
Replacing 2.6.2* with your actual kernel version.
Type uname -r to find your kernel version. I.E. 2.6.28-11-generic
- Type mkisofs -R -b boot/grub/stage2_eltorito -no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 4 -boot-info-table -o usbcdx.iso ubcdx
- Now burn the usbcdx.iso to a CD
If you have followed all the steps as provided in this tutorial, you will have successfully made a USB Boot CD for Xubuntu 9.04