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How to Create a Bootable Ubuntu USB Drive

by karen minton I am a software engineer

There are many ways which you can follow for installing the Ubuntu distribution. You can also complete this procedure through a bootable USB drive, which is a handy way. But Ubuntu will only let you use ISO disc image for downloading, so you should have a third-party tool to transform the ISO file into a bootable USB drive. Here’s how to create a bootable Ubuntu USB drive.

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Steps to create a bootable Ubuntu USB drive on your Windows PC

• Go down to the Download column.

• Start downloading the Rufus updated version.

• Begin the downloading process of the portable version so that you do not need to install it on the computer.

• You have to download the Ubuntu ISO picture.

• You can complete this procedure from any other folder.

• But you should go to the online site and visit the Ubuntu online download webpage.

• Start downloading the updated version which is currently available.

• After the Ubuntu ISO file is downloaded, go to Rufus.

• Pair the USB drive, but space should be 2GB.

• You have to ensure that you do not skip any important folder saved on your disk after removing the drive.

• Press on the Device pull-down menu located in the Rufus.

• Ensure that the correct USB drive is chosen.

• After that, below the Boot selection option, choose the Disk or ISO image option.

• Press on the Select option.

• Go to the folder where you have downloaded the ISO file.

• Choose it and press on the Open option.

• Go down to the Format Options.

• Ensure that you have to change the File system into FAT32.

• Press on the Start option to start making the Ubuntu bootable USB drive.

• Click on the Yes option.

• By going to the ISO Hybrid image detected prompt, choose the Write in ISO Image Mode option.

• Press on the OK button.

• After completing this process, exit the Rufus application.

• After creating the USB disk, skip the USB plugged in the procedure.

• Start the system again

• Click on the key registered with the boot menu.

• After that, choose the USB disk which you have already made.

• Use Ubuntu without downloading it.

• For using the Live USB feature, press on the Try Ubuntu option.

Steps to create a bootable Ubuntu USB drive from your Mac

• You need to start preparing the USB flash drive, and there should be 2GB space.

• Go to the online site and start downloading the Ubuntu ISO file to the Mac.

• After that, you have to start reformatting the USB stick with the Disk Utility program.

• To complete this procedure, press on the Spotlight symbol.

• It is located at the upper right-hand side of the screen.

• Find the Disk Utility program.

• After opening the Disk Utility, you should connect the USB stick correctly.

• After getting it in the Disk Utility, choose it and press on the Erase option.

• It is located on the upper side of the screen.

• After that, change the Format to MS-DOS.

• Then, press on the Erase option for reformatting the USB drive.

• Start installing it and go to the Etcher.

• Click on the System Preferences option.

• Press on the Security and Privacy option.

• Press on the Open Anyway option registered with the Etcher.

• Choose the Select Image option.

• Go to the folder where the ISO files are located.

• In case you have not created a new folder for it, then you will get it in the Downloads folder.

• Press on the Flash option.

• Select the Try Ubuntu to open a new image option.

Source :- http://norton-norton.uk/how-to-create-a-bootable-ubuntu-usb-drive/

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Kellie Minton arrived on the cyber security scene in the early 2000s when virus and malware were still new and slowly evolving. Her longtime affair with writing with an interest in the cybersecurity industry, combined with her IT degree, has contributed to experience several aspects of security suite industry such as blogging at norton.com/setup.