Install window xp FROM usb

[almighty]

Hi mates

I made an nlite slipstreamed xp and need to install from usb.

I ve 2 GB Transcend usb drive and i wanna to install windows xp from USB.

so i copied the xp image (not the files, may be this is the mistake) in usb...

then change my bios priority to usb .

But it wont boot or dont detect any bootable disk...

am sure the image which i copied in usb is bootable coz i use it to install my xp but with cd....

can any one help me . how to install windows or ubuntu from usb....

while googling i found intall on usb not install from usb

plz help

[mara-]

so i copied the xp image (not the files, may be this is the mistake) in usb...

[Ponch]

It is not that simple as to copy the file on the stick. But it is not an nLite question and there is a thread about it on the very first page of the XP forum.