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This instruction is used to install any distro via USB. In addition, it is especially useful for those who own netbooks and therefore cannot use the LiveCD to install Linux.
Basically, what we are going to do is use a little program called UNetbootin, which has versions for Linux and Windows. |
Steps to follow
- Download the ISO image of the distro in question.
- Download UNetBootin. In Ubuntu, it is easier if you install it using Synaptic.
- Run UNetBootin from Applications> System Tools.
- Insert the pendrive
- Choose the ISO image downloaded in step 1 as the source.
- Choose USB drive as destination
- Accept and wait for it to finish (it may take a few minutes)
- Restart the computer, configure the BIOS to boot from USB.
Thus, you not only save CDs / DVDs that you would have been forced to burn before, but you can test entire operating systems without erasing an iota of the data stored on your computer. Not to mention that works much faster that if we booted the system from the LiveCD / DVD.
To recover your USB, it is recommended to format it, but it is not an essential requirement, deleting all the files copied by UNetBootin is enough. 