If running from a live system, should not ask for Source disk image (.iso) or CD

[probono]

Binary package hint: usb-creator

One of the most common usage scenarios will be that an user runs the Live CD and wants to convert it to a live USB system. In this case, usb-creator should detect that it is running from a live system and should NOT ask the user for a "Source disk image (.iso) or CD".

It should also transfer over the language and keyboard language from the running live system to the live USB system created.

This is already implemented in liveusb,
https://launchpad.net/liveusb

[Colin Watson (cjwatson)]

I'm not convinced that the language and keyboard settings should be transferred over; many people don't bother setting them in the bootloader, and it's easy just to ask again. I agree with this bug report otherwise.

[Antoine Amarilli (a3nm)]

I agree that using the Live CD as image should be the default, but the user should still be offered the possibility to select a different disk image (to install another version than the running Live CD, for example...).

[Dr. Kenobi (drkenobi)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. I can confirm that this idea is implemented since Ubuntu 9.10 (usb-creator version 0.2.12).