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Some time ago I read an article about unetbootin. As I had very often the pain to install Linux on CF-card or USB-drive, I bookmarked it for the next adventure.

Yesterday, I had to use it the first time. It's already in debian-testing (version 408-1). Only some short notes about using it:

• let root (and other users) popup programs on your desktop:
  

  xhost +

• start as root:
  

  unetbootin

• plug in your USB-drive
• select a distribution/live system. I tested:
  - Xubuntu
  - Slax
• download and install the iso-image with unetbootin
• take the USB-drive to the computer you want to boot and HOPE, it will be able to boot from USB

Luckily my J8F9-Board _sometimes_ likes booting from USB. I didn't understand why it most of the time ignores the BIOS setting. But now it's running again with Xubuntu 9.10.