USB image writer

[tomt]

What happened to the USB image writer that used to be in the menu? That is for those of us whose CD burner does not work. I had to down load a third party PPA and am having trouble getting it to work properly. This will be a problem for me and I suppose others who use iso image writers to a USB stick when we go to download series 3.

[torreydale]

I don't recall that being in the 2.x series, but you can get Unetbootin from the Install/Remove Software repository.

[valtam]

What version did we have that in  ??? You can use this in LL - http://mirror.internode.on.net/pub/linux...t2_all.deb Source - http://mirror.internode.on.net/pub/linux...agewriter/

[gold_finger]

Like others have said, USB Image Writer is not something that was included in LL.  You must be remembering that from a different distro you used/tested -- probably Linux Mint.

You can install USB Image Writer to LL by downloading the .deb package Jerry linked to.  Then double-click the downloaded file and the GDebi Package Installer will install it to the system.

Or you can install the UNetbootin package that torreydale referred to, which is another very popular tool for creating live USB's.  That's already in the standard repos, so you can install it as per his instructions, or do it with this terminal command:

Code:

sudo apt-get install unetbootin

I had to down load a third party PPA and am having trouble getting it to work properly.

You can forget about that and delete it.  Use one of the two above instead.

Just out of curiosity though, which program were you trying to use a PPA for?

[tomt]

My apologies, it was Mint that I recalled using the USB writer. Thank you Jerry and all for your suggestions. The ppa I downloaded and had problems with was Ubuntu USB image writer. Sorry I did not have my facts straight before posting. I wanted to test run the 2.8 Beta though I also realize I could always wait for the stable and upgrade. My DVD burner needs to be replaced and I just don`t feel like pulling the cover off the HP desktop I have and replacing the burner unit.

[valtam]

All good