ISO to USB

USB Boot Device Instructions

In general, find and follow instructions to update tool packages to the correct version for your current OS and for compatibility with the OS you are attempting to install.

Ubuntu Version 16

• Linux and Other Users

Read USB Boot device instruction here: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/FromUSBStick

• Windows Users

Read USB Boot device instruction here: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/FromUSBStickQuick

• Instructions from [1] for Ubuntu Linux are shown here
• Use Startup Disk Creator to make a bootabl USB disk from an ISO File.
• If USB disk is not formatted, use Disks utility to format it. I formatted an 8GB disk to ext4, which is linux compatible only.
• Screenshots:

Everything looked ok until this point:

After I typed in my root password, I got an error message that the bootloader failed to install.

I tried running the USB anyway. Got to the boot choices screen, selected to boot from USB, but the new system did not load. Got a blank screen, nothing further happened.

Ubuntu Version 12

• Mac Users:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/How%20to%20install%20Ubuntu%20on%20MacBook%20using%20USB%20Stick

Alternative way for console

You can install the .iso file to a usb using just one command from the Terminal:

• sudo dd if=[iso file] of=[destination device]

where "iso file" is the source .iso file, and "destination device" is the file that was attached to the USB for example /dev/sdc1. If you do not know the device file, you can check it with the command "dmesg".

Example:

• sudo dd if=/media/Downdloads/ubuntu-16.04.1-2017.02.10v2-desktop-amd64.iso of=/dev/sdb1

Unetbootin

Unetbootin did not work either.

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/FromUSBStick#Unetbootin

Links

• OSE Linux

Linux Command-line method for modifying ISO's Ubuntu 16.04 Compatible