Recently I had to install ubuntu on a machine with a bad cdrom drive, which made me look for alternative ways of installing ubuntu. This article describes two ways of how to install Ubuntu by copying the content of the installation CD to an USB drive such as a memory stick (or flash drive) and making the USB stick bootable. This is handy for machines like ultra portable notebooks that do not have a CD drive but can boot from USB media. On a side note, I have to point out that booting from USB stick can be very handy, but there is no guarantee that it will work with your particular combination of computer and USB stick. Even if you are able to boot from your USB stick on one computer, this does not mean that it is going to work with the next one. You can try experimenting with different settings in your PC’s BIOS to make it work.
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After having to reset my Ubuntu box password, I decided to come up with this tutorial on how to reset linux password, in this case we will be taking two different methods…

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