This will create thumb drives on windows and linux. http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/ On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 12:00 PM, <tclug-list-request at mn-linux.org> wrote: > Send tclug-list mailing list submissions to > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > tclug-list-request at mn-linux.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > tclug-list-owner at mn-linux.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of tclug-list digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. installing Ubuntu from thumb drive (Mike Miller) > 2. Programming PIC microcontrollers (Jason Hsu, Linux user) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2010 12:46:31 -0600 (CST) > From: Mike Miller <mbmiller+l at gmail.com <mbmiller%2Bl at gmail.com>> > Subject: [tclug-list] installing Ubuntu from thumb drive > To: TCLUG List <tclug-list at mn-linux.org> > Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.00.1002101237260.25364 at taxa.psych.umn.edu> > Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; format=flowed; charset=US-ASCII > > I have installed Ubuntu from a thumb drive and it was pretty smooth and > easy. I did it once because I had no CD drive on a netbook and wanted > Ubuntu Netbook Remix, and another time on a laptop with a flakey CD drive. > The thing is, I used Ubuntu on another machine to make the USB, but I want > to tell a friend far away using only Windows how he can do this. Do you > know of good instructions on how to make the Ubuntu installation thumb > drive from a Windows box? > > By the way, a young guy with a BA in Math told me he wanted to be a > scientist so I told him that step #1 was to get rid of Windows, use Ubuntu > and start learning R, bash, emacs, and so on. I think Python would be a > good idea too, but he's working mostly on stats right now and we don't > want to do everything at once. Funny thing is he already was using > OpenOffice, GIMP, Firefox/Tbird and a bunch of other free software under > Windows, so he has no real Windows-dependency problem. He's the guy who > needs the thumb drive. > > Mike > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2010 13:13:50 -0600 > From: "Jason Hsu, Linux user" <jhsu802701 at jasonhsu.com> > Subject: [tclug-list] Programming PIC microcontrollers > To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org > Message-ID: <20100210131350.bd5496e8.jhsu802701 at jasonhsu.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII > > If you are an electrical engineer or electronics hobbyist interested in > programming PIC microcontrollers with C source code in Linux instead of > Windows, I have been able to get things working in antiX Linux M8.2 with > MPLAB version 8.43 (with HI-TECH PICC 9.70) in WINE 1.0.1-1. This > combination gives me all of the functionality I had in Windows without > requiring the use of Windows. > > I tried using open source software in Linux (SDCC, GPSIM, PikLab/KTechLab) > but kept running into problems. The arrow pointing to the line of code > never showed up when using GPSIM to simulate C code. I also ran into issues > like limitations in the selection of microcontrollers supported. I admire > what the open source developers are doing, but their work is not yet ready > for prime time. > > I had difficulty in the past trying to program microcontrollers with C > source code in Puppy Linux. I'm not sure if the issue was the older version > of WINE, the older version of MPLAB (before HI-TECH PICC was integrated into > MPLAB), or Puppy Linux itself. > > -- > Jason Hsu, Linux user <jhsu802701 at jasonhsu.com> > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > End of tclug-list Digest, Vol 62, Issue 14 > ****************************************** > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20100211/e3c363b2/attachment.htm