I had struggled several times to install Ubuntu from a USB thumb drive using both versions of their installation CD iso. Mostly unsuccessfully I should add. Also when I did get it to work was with the "alternate CD" which does not provide a live CD environment.
All these problems were solved with UNetbootin. Its a very handy utility. From their homepage:
"UNetbootin allows for the installation of various Linux/BSD distributions to a partition or USB drive, so it's no different from a standard install, only it doesn't need a CD. It can create a dual-boot install, or replace the existing OS entirely."
You can select which Linux distro you want from a list and it can download the required installation files automatically, or you can select an ISO of the distro you want to install. Get the lastest Ubuntu ISO here.
It takes only a few minutes and you have a bootable USB drive which can be used just like an installation CD. Check your BIOS options if you have problems booting from your USB drive.
Installation should be faster than using a CD since USB drives are faster to read.
NOTE: At one point in the installation apt complains about not finding a CD. Just click OK and it continues.
UPDATE: I'm going to try out UNetBootin to create a usb installer for FreeBSD 7.
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