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Write Ubuntu to and Install from a USB Drive

Ubuntu 8.10 has been released.Ubuntu has been made available to users as an image for CDs and DVDs to date. But CDs and DVDs are slower, less portable and less convenient than USB sticks. Now, a simple application in Ubuntu will allow users to write Ubuntu to a USB drive, even a modified version of Ubuntu with their data on it, so it can be carried everywhere to plug in and use on any machine.

I have tested it in our PC. It takes less than 25 seconds to boot from live USB flash disk drive and takes only 8-10 minutes to install it in my PC. If you want to do this, just follw these instructions:

(1) First download the iso image of UBUNTU 8.10 from this link bellow:
http://www.ubuntu.com
(2) Download the package UNetbootin - Universal Netboot Installer from this link bellow:
http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/
(3) Install it in your PC. It is open for both linux/windows platform.
(4) Here you can see 3 radio button as follows:
a.Distribution
b.Disk Image
c.Custom

select Disk Image from these and browse your iso image of UBUNTU 8.10
From the option of Drive select your USB flash disk drive and press on OK button.
(5) After all these i.e, after finishing it’s task to write iso image in your USB flash disk drive it needs to be reboot to install UBUNTU or boot from live USB flash disk drive.
(6) After reboot your system enter your bios and set your first boot device priority to your USB flash disk drive.
(7) Finally everything is as like as boot ubuntu from live cd if you are familiar with LINUX/UBUNTU.

[Note that Your system needs at least 512 MB ram to boot from USB flash disk drive]