With a bootable Ubuntu USB stick, you can: Install or upgrade Ubuntu. Test out the Ubuntu. Boot into Ubuntu on a borrowed machine or from an internet cafe Use tools installed by default on the USB stick to repair or fix a broken configuration Creating a bootable Ubuntu USB stick from Microsoft Windows is very simple and we're going to cover the process in the next few steps. To create a bootable USB disk from the Ubuntu terminal, we need to download the ISO file first. In my case, I'm downloading the Ubuntu ISO file for version 20.04. You can choose to download the ISO for another operating system that you want to write to USB. Now use the syntax below to create a bootable USB stick. $ sudo ddrescue path/to/.iso /dev/sdx -force -D For example to create a Ubuntu 20.04 startup disk we executed the command below. $ sudo ddrescue ubuntu-20.04-beta-desktop-amd64.iso /dev/sdb -force -D The process takes a few minutes and your bootable USB drive will be ready in no time.
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With Ubuntu 16.04 LTS inching ever closer to release, now feels like a good time to recap how easy it is to make an bootable Ubuntu USB drive.
Just like the live CD, a live Linux USB allows you to boot Ubuntu on your machine without needing to install it on your hard-drive. Live images are a useful way to test hardware compatibility (things like Wi-Fi drivers, touch-screens, etc) before committing to a full install.
In this article we show you 3 ways of making a bootable thumb drive on the 3 major desktop operating systems: Windows, OS X and Ubuntu.
How to Create a Bootable Linux USB Drive on Windows
Our preferred tool for creating bootable Ubuntu sticks in Windows is ‘Linux Live USB Creator' – often called ‘Lili' for short.
The free and open-source app is incredibly straightforward to use. Just follow each step in turn. It'll even download the .iso file for you if you don't have one to hand.
If you don't like this app (or can't get it run) there are alternatives, including Rufus (Github link)
How to Create a Bootable Linux USB Drive on Mac OS X
For an OS that's prized for its simplicity it's strange that creating a bootable USB on a Mac is not easy.
But it's not impossible, either.
Canonical recommend a command-line method to create a bootable USB with Ubuntu on Mac O SX. The instructions are concise though the process is involved.
For something less longwinded you could give the open-source, cross-platform UNetBootin app a go.
It has to be said that while the success rate of images created using this app is poor (you can't use the USB's it creates to boot a Mac, for instance) it is the ‘easiest' way to create a bootable Ubuntu USB on Mac OS X.
Like LiLi above, Unetbootin can even automatically download a Linux distro .iso file, which is handy if you feel the itch to distro hop but don't know exactly which flavor to try.
Remember that to boot from a USB on a Mac you will need to hold down the Alt/Option' key during boot.
Other GUI alternatives include
How to Make a Bootable Linux USB Drive on Ubuntu
Ubuntu comes with an app to create live USB drives already installed.
Open the Dash and search for ‘USB Startup'.
Launch the app, locate your .iso file, choose your USB drive (double check it's the correct one!) and then hit ‘install'.
You can also configure persistence though I've never had a USB boot when I've enabled this feature.
What's your preferred method for creating bootable Linux USB drives? Let us know in the comments!
Creating a boot USB for UEFI is super easy. Follow this step by step guide to create your own.
Before you begin there are a few things you're going to need:
- USB drive you don't mind erasing (>8GB in size)
- ISO file for the OS you want to make bootable
- We're going to use Ubuntu 18.04.1 for this example from Ubuntu.com,but the exact same method can be used for a Windows 7+ ISO, you just need the ISO file so you can extract the contentsto your USB drive
- Updated February 24, 2019: Creating a bootable USB for the October 2018 update for Windows 10 can no longer beaccomplished using the below instructions. Please see the tutorial Creating a Bootable Windows 10 UEFI USB Drive Using Linuxfor updated information.
- We're going to use Ubuntu 18.04.1 for this example from Ubuntu.com,but the exact same method can be used for a Windows 7+ ISO, you just need the ISO file so you can extract the contentsto your USB drive
- 7-zip installed
Insert your USB drive, then open the 'Disks' utility
Choose your USB drive from the available drives on the left then click the stop button to unmount the drive
Click the 'gear' icon and then click Format Partition
Give the volume a name. Spaces are allowed but sticking with underscores (_) and hyphens (-) will make things easier to reference from thecommand line. Let's give it the name of 'Ubuntu_UEFI'. Make sure the 'FAT' option is chosen, then click Next
WARNING
Clicking 'Apply' on the following screen WILL delete ALL data on the selected partition. Ensure the correct drive/partition is chosenas choosing the wrong drive WILL DELETE ALL DATA on that drive. You have been warned.
A summary warning screen will appear asking you to confirm the details. When you are ready click 'Format'
When the format is complete you can click the 'Play' button to mount the drive
Now that we have a freshly formatted FAT USB drive, we can proceed to creating the UEFI bootable USB
Open a terminal window
Before we copy the files to our USB stick using 7-zip (‘7z x' command), let's display our USB drive infoand Downloads folder listing so we have an easy reference
Looks like 7-zip is not installed on this system. That's ok, let's go ahead and install it now with the following commmand:
Now let's run our extract command again and we should receive a status screen from 7-zip for the extracting files
After the extraction is finished you should see the message 'Everything is OK'
Check to see if the USB drive now contains files with the ‘ls' command
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Congratulations, you should now have a UEFI bootable USB Drive built of a Ubuntu 18.04.1 OS : )
If you have any questions/comments please leave them below.
Congratulations, you should now have a UEFI bootable USB Drive built of a Ubuntu 18.04.1 OS : )
If you have any questions/comments please leave them below.
Thanks so much for reading ^‿^
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