HP DV6T won't boot Ubuntu Live CD

[sanjie]

Thanks! I don't mind spending $25 but the $60 is a bit too much for me.

[Sxooter]

Best thing about shopping for USB thumb drives on newegg is that all the fast ones have their read / write speeds in the main listing for them so it's easy to compare. Amazon hides it away down in the product description so you can spend all day finding what you want.

[2.0™]

I'm using an old OCZ Diesel 8GB that gets 28 Read/17 Write and it is perfectly acceptable performance, IMO. Minimal stuttering. Boots in about 1 min give or take. Running Mint 11 off it.

Keep in mind that the Persistence file, Casper-rw, is max 4GB. It's good for me and all the software and data I use. But it may not be for you. There is a way to get around that limit. Involves using gparted (off live CD) and creating a partition on the USB stick of the size you want and naming it casper-rw*. I tried it but it didn't seem to run as fast as with just the 4GB Casper-rw file.

*best to Google the instructions for this as I likely oversimplified it.

[Dr. Bass]

Not sure if anyone's posted this before, but i had the same problem. Just use wubi to install. Works perfectly.

[sanjie]

Guys, I have tried Ubuntu on a USB, and I didn't really liked it running that way. I guess I have to learn how to install it on my hard drive.