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In this article, we’ll show you how to create a Linux bootable USB flash drive from Mac OS terminal. If for some reason you do not have windows or Linux installed on your machine, then you can create a bootable USB flash drive in Mac OS.
How to create bootable USB flash drive for Mac OS in Ubuntu Hello Pamela, In order to o create bootable usb flash drive for mac os x lion in ubuntu 12.04, note that you will not need to format the USB drive that you want to use before recording the setup to it. You will just need to make an USB image and after that you will burn the IMG using Disk Utility.
Once you do it like that, the drive will be formatted automatically. In case you want to install Ubuntu in a USB drive, you will need to:. Download Ubuntu on this link:. And then you will follow the instructions here:. It looks a bit difficult, and therefore it might need you to make a Python script that will help make the process simple. Regards, Carl.
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This is a tutorial with steps on how to create a bootable USB drive in Ubuntu from iso image file. There are some clearly good instructions using “Startup Disk Creator”, but you may find errors while using the same. However, there is another way to create bootable USB from image files in Ubuntu using “Unetbootin”. Unetbootin is a utility which helps you create bootable USB sticks for all popular operating systems including Linux. Supported Distributions Unetbootin Supported Distributions Ubuntu Fedora Debian PCLinuxOS Linux Mint Sabayon Linux Gentoo OpenSUSE MEPIS Zenwalk Slax Dreamlinux Arch Elix Damn Small Linux CentOS SliTaz Mandrive Puppy Linux gNewSense Linux Console freeBSD netBSD xPud Steps to create Bootable USB in Ubuntu.
Format your USB drive using gparted to fat32 system. If gparted not installed in your system, you can install it by using sudo apt-get install gparted. Install Unetbootin (if not installed) using below commands: sudo apt-get install unetbootin. Launch unetbootin from dash. In the Unetbootin window, select desired distribution and its version. Unetbootin Configuration.
Select type of Disk Image type ISO and select the ISO file. Select the destination drive as USB Drive and select the mount path. Press OK and wait for the Unetbootin to finish. Unetbootin Creating Bootable USB Your bootable USB Drive is ready to boot from it. Links.
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Official Website:. Launch Pad: Drop a comment if you face any issues using Unetbootin.