Ultimate Boot CD

Next time you can try to partition the disk with GParted (included inside Parted Magic) and copy the files to the partition from there. The copying of the files will be much faster in linux than in dos. At which step? 'Cause the "install UBCD to hard drive" step was done in the linux boot...

This is much simpler under Linux (or perhaps I've been using Linux long enough that it's warped my idea of simple :P) -- just look in ubcd/tools/linux/ubcd2usb and follow the readme. Basically: 0. partition the USB stick 1. mkfs.vfat /dev/sdX1 2. dd if=mbr.bin of=/dev/sdX 3. syslinux the USB stick (...

A friend recently bought an Acer AspireOne at a clearance sale -- this particular one was seriously discounted because it had Vista on it. Anyway, she wanted XP, as she didn't want to deal with Vista or the dumptruck load of absolute garbage that comes preinstalled on these things. (Seriously, if yo...