ISO to USB

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  • Instructions from [1] for Ubuntu Linux are shown here

Windows Users

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

Linux and Other Users

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

  • 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:

Install1.jpg

Install2.jpg

Everything looked ok until this point:

Install3.jpg

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.


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.

Links

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

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