@flextUser Hello....... A custom Ubuntu Live cd will be running Ubuntu on the laptop...... so the fact that it ""was"" a windows machine is irrelevant. The live cd will need to run on that machine........ have all of the video/audio etc. drivers that will work on that particular machine......
Linux is pretty good at that now, but you will need to check on the actual hardware.
Then you might need the drivers for his hardware, soundcard, joystick, etc.
Depending on the complexity of your patch the usb stick will need to be fast enough.
I would try running the basic live cd first, with your patch on another key, and see what needs to be downloaded/added to get it all running (on their machine)....... if it will run straight away then you are lucky.
Yumi....... http://www.pendrivelinux.com/yumi-multiboot-usb-creator/ I have used and it is not bad for getting going with the Linux Ubuntu drive......... from then on you will start to get an idea of the possible problems. Make sure that you take the option to have a writable file on the drive so that you can save setting, preferences etc.
The computer that you are going to boot from the drive will need a bios where you can put "boot from usb drive" (or similar) to the top of the boot order.............
There is a lot of useful help on the left side of the web page that I linked to.........
Ps again! I didn't mention....... but its very important...... that the usb Ubuntu, Pd etc. must not write to the computer hard drive while it is running....... as the windows that is installed will not know about the writes........ and that will risk windows not booting again afterwards when the Ubuntu key is removed and the computer is rebooted normally......
David.
