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Create a Linux Bootable USB Drive

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20 May 2009 - 9:00am
Submitted by: mendesdomnic

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UNetbootin allows you to create bootable Live USB drives for a variety of Linux distributions from Windows or Linux.

Step 1:
Download UNetbootin for Windows or Linux from http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/

Step 2:
Run UNetbootin for Windows or Linux as per your download.

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Click to view.

Step 3:
Plug in your USB Drive to your system.

Step 4:
You have the following options

  1. Use the distribution option to download. Here you can select the distribution and version you want to download.
    OR
  2. Use the diskimage option. With this option you can select an existing ISO from your PC.

Step 5:
Select the USB Drive you want to make a bootable Linux USB and click OK to proceed.

And there you have your bootable Linux USB Drive.

UNetbootin can also be used to load various system utilities besides making a "frugal install" on your local hard disk if you don't have a USB drive.


Disclaimer: As with everything else at Cool Solutions, this content is definitely not supported by Novell (so don't even think of calling Support if you try something and it blows up).

It was contributed by a community member and is published "as is." It seems to have worked for at least one person, and might work for you. But please be sure to test, test, test before you do anything drastic with it.



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