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
Install Disk Creator is a straightforward way to create a boot disk. I was able to make a macOS Sierra external USB boot disk in a few minutes, and the installation worked without a hitch. To create bootable USB stick on Ubuntu/Linux make sure that the USB drive is at least 8GB or larger and working fine. Before start creating bootable, make sure that you have the ISO image file of the Ubuntu or Linux you want to install. Insert the USB drive and open Startup Disk Creator. Download the ISO of the operating system you want to install. Install any of the below-given Pen drive bootable creators. Select the attached USB drive and Insert ISO file. And start the flashing process to burn the file of the OS from the computer to your USB drive to produce a Bootable USB. After you have got your installer media, you can use ubunut's built-in utility Startup Disk Creator to make a bootable USB. SO, open dash and search for Startup Disk Creator and open it. Follow the on-screen instructions or refer to this document from ubuntu.
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. Buy terraria pc. 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
Macos Bootable Usb On Windows
Ubuntu comes with an app to create live USB drives already installed.
Ubuntu Bootable Usb Windows
Home design 3d user guide. Open the Dash and search for ‘USB Startup'.
Create Bootable Macos Usb On Ubuntu Bootable
Launch the app, locate your .iso file, choose your USB drive (double check it's the correct one!) and then hit ‘install'.
This is a roblox avatar please stop. 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!
