I would like to know if it is possible to put ubuntu on a flashdrive and bootup from that instead of burning a disc? Thanks
1 Answer
(Use at your own risk!)
Yes, it is possible to write the Ubuntu Live DVD image onto a flash drive, and it is easy as long as you don't want to boot it in UEFI mode but in standard BIOS mode.
Using UNetbootin
A user-friendly solution is UNetbootin, which works on Windows, Linux and MacOS and provides a graphical user interface which even downloads the Ubuntu image for you and writes it directly onto your flash drive:
Using command line dd
If you're running Linux or OS X, you can dd
the Ubuntu image onto your flash drive:
$ sudo dd if=/path/to/ubuntu-iso-image of=/dev/sdx
where /dev/sdx
is the your flash drive. On Linux, you can use sudo blkid
to find out the device path, if you have only one hard drive connected, this could be /dev/sdb
, but please be careful, as dd
is going to delete all data on the device specified after of=
.
A port of dd
is also available for Windows.