Making Bootable USB drive(pen drive) via windows

This tutorial enables you to install, boot and run Ubuntu 9.04 from a USB flash drive. In addition to installing Ubuntu to a USB device and then booting Ubuntu from the memory stick, this tutorial will enable you to automatically save your changes and settings back to the thumb drive and further restore them on each boot using a second "casper-rw" persistent partition. The tutorial was written for those already familiar with working from Ubuntu or another Linux desktop environment. If you do not have access to or prefer not to use a Windows computer, this Ubuntu Linux on a stick tutorial is for you.

Ubuntu 9.04 USB Flash Drive Creation Essentials

• Windows PC to perform conversion
• Ubuntu 9.04 ISO
• 2GB or larger USB flash drive (fat32 formatted)
• U904p.exe (contains the files to do the conversion)

Ubuntu 9.04 USB Flash Drive Installation tutorial

1. Download and launch u9.04p.exe, extracting to your PC. A U904p folder is automatically created
2. Download the Ubuntu 9.04 ISO and place it in the U904p folder on your computer
3. From the U904p folder on your PC, click U904.bat and follow the on screen instructions
4. Once the script has finished, restart your PC and set your BIOS or Boot Menu to boot from the USB device, save your changes and reboot

If all goes well, you should now be booting from your own personal Live Ubuntu 9.04 USB that allows you to save most of your changes persistently.

Persistent size: The default casper-rw loop file that becomes the partition for saving changes is only 1GB. If you have room and would prefer to use more space for saving changes you can download one of the following zip files and extract the new casper-rw file to your USB device, replacing the old one.

• 2GB casper-rw loop file
• 3GB casper-rw loop file
• 4GB casper-rw loop file

You will lose any saved changes by replacing your casper-rw file with one listed above!

Use 7-zip to extract the casper-rw loop file.