Ubuntu on Falshdisk

Create Ubuntu 8.10 flash drive automatically

With this method, you must use a 2GB or larger thumb drive.

Download the Ubuntu 8.10 ISO and burn it to a CD
Restart your computer, booting from the Live CD
Insert a 2GB or larger USB flash drive
Open a terminal and type the following into the terminal window:
wget pendrivelinux.com/downloads/u810/u810.sh

chmod +x u810.sh && sh u810.sh

Follow the onscreen instructions
Once the script has finished, reboot your computer and set your BIOS or boot menu to boot from the USB device


Create Ubuntu 8.10 flash drive manually

Download the Ubuntu 8.10 ISO and burn it to a CD
Restart your computer and boot from the Ubuntu Live CD
Insert a 1GB or larger USB flash drive
Open a terminal window and type sudo su
Now type fdisk -l to list available drives/partitions (note which device is your flash drive Example: /dev/sdb). Throughout this tutorial, replace all instances of x with your flash drive letter. For example, if your flash drive is sdb, replace x with b.
Type umount /dev/sdx1
Type fdisk /dev/sdx
type p to show the existing partition and d to delete it
type p again to show any remaining partitions (if partitions exist, repeat the previous step)
type n to make a new partition
type p for primary partition
type 1 to make this the first partition
hit enter to use the default 1st cylinder
type +750M to set the partition size
type a to make this partition active
type 1 to select partition 1
type t to change the partition filesystem
type 6 to select the fat16 file system
type n to make another new partition
type p for primary partition
type 2 to make this the second partition
hit enter to use the default cylinder
hit enter again to use the default last cylinder
type w to write the new partition table
Type umount /dev/sdx1 to unmount the partition
Type mkfs.vfat -F 16 -n ubuntu810 /dev/sdx1 to format the first partition
Type umount /dev/sdx2 to ensure the partition is unmounted
Type mkfs.ext2 -b 4096 -L casper-rw /dev/sdx2 to format the second partition
Remove and re-insert your flash drive (if prompted that a new medium has been detected, select to open in a new window and click ok)
Back at the terminal, type sudo apt-get install syslinux mtools
Type syslinux -sf /dev/sdx1
Type cd /cdrom
Type cp -rfv casper dists install pics pool preseed .disk isolinux/* md5sum.txt README.diskdefines install/mt86plus /media/ubuntu810
Type cd /media/ubuntu810
Type cp isolinux.cfg syslinux.cfg
Type rm text.cfg
Type wget pendrivelinux.com/downloads/u810/text.cfg
Reboot your computer and set your system BIOS boot priority to boot from the USB stick