USB Ubuntu NetBook Remix Install via Windows

Posted in How To's by Shafkat Shahzad, M.Sc - Senior Technical Content Manager on May 16th, 2009

The tutorial guide will provide you with a step-to-step instructions on installing USB 9.04 NetBook Remix to a Flash Drive by using Windows. Ubuntu offers their own Ubuntu Image Writer. This tool enables a user to create a Ubuntu NetBook Remix USB Flash Drive from a disk image. The Portable Ubuntu NetBook operating system can then be run portably from the Flash Drive without installing or installed to your Netbook from the Flash Drive. USB Ubuntu NetBook Remix Flash Drive installation is simple.

How to Install Ubuntu NetBook Remix on USB from Windows
Now, let’s follow the steps as required to install Ubuntu NetBook Remix on USB from Windows.
1. Download the Ubuntu 9.04 NetBook Remix Image to your desktop
2. Download the Disk Imager (used to copy the image to USB) and unzip the package to your desktop
3. Insert your USB device, making note of it’s drive letter
4. From the Disk Imager folder, click Win32DiskImager.exe
5. (1) Browse to the ubuntu-9.04-netbook-remix-i386.img file on your computer (2) Select your USB device from the dropdown (3) Click the Write button to copy the image to your USB device.
6. Once the Disk Imager has completed, restart your computer, set your BIOS Options or Boot Menu to boot from the USB device and reboot
If everything is followed in the tutorial guide, then you should now have a Portable USB Ubuntu 9.04 NetBook Remix that you can run as an alternate Live operating system from the USB device or install on your Netbook via the built in Ubuntu Netbook Installer.

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