Well my new 16gig usb stick arrived today which ill be using for computer repairs, holing all my apps just to install and set-up machines fast!
I also decided to make it a bootable ubuntu installer which is pretty handy for installing the asus eeepc or asus one.
I first partitioned the drive so i had one gig for the ISO and a bit of space incase i need to add some files to the install set-up. And made a 15 gig partition vfat for all the windows apps (if only they had apt!! ha ha lame)
I first tried the create usb start up disk in system -> administration which ran through the process and set-up easy, popped it in the asus and it didn’t boot! So did a google search and found a program called live-usb nice and easy again to use! but failed to boot!
So i looked again and found a program called UNetbootin this is a far better bit of kit has many options and isn’t just a live usb ubuntu creator, you can make a live linux usb key with various distros.
Easy to use followed it through booted of the key in the asus – perfect loads fast installed compled great!!
Try it here http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/