#Craete usb flash drive ubuntu for mac how to#
#Craete usb flash drive ubuntu for mac install#

#Craete usb flash drive ubuntu for mac how to#

How to create a bootable Ubuntu USB flash drive from terminal?

#Craete usb flash drive ubuntu for mac install#

You don't need to install any third party software to make a Linux USB flash drive. This method will work for any Linux distribution, not only Ubuntu. Now your Ubuntu USB flash drive will boot and you can install it. Reboot your PC and change the boot order in BIOS to allow booting from a USB drive. Then go into the renamed folder and rename the file isolinux.cfg to syslinux.cfg.

Navigate to the /media/xxx mount folder and rename the isolinux directory to syslinux. Run the below commands: sudo apt-get install syslinux mtools My USB partition is /dev/sdd1 enter lsblk to see what's yours. Next, you need the ldlinux.sys file in your USB flash drive to make the USB bootable. Let's assume that it was mounted in /media/xxx/.Ĭopy all files from /media/iso/ to your mounted USB flash drive by running the below command (make sure to include the dot): cp -a /media/iso/. Your drive may be automatically mounted inside /media/. Sudo mount -o loop /path/to/ubuntu.iso /media/iso Then mount the ubuntu.iso file with the below commands in terminal: sudo mkdir /media/iso/ Place the ubuntu.iso file in any hard disk partition. So the target needs to be /dev/sdc and not /dev/sdc For me it was /dev/sdb.Ĭreating a bootable Ubuntu USB flash drive from terminal This method is fast and has never failed me.ĮDIT: for those on a Mac ending up here, use lowercase for bs=4m: sudo dd if=inputfile.img of=/dev/disk bs=4m & syncĮDIT: If USB drive does not boot (this happened to me), it is because the target is a particular partition on the drive instead of the drive. Where input.iso is the input file, and /dev/sd is the USB device you're writing to (run lsblk to see all drives to find out what is for your USB). Then, next (this is a destructive command and wipes the entire USB drive with the contents of the iso, so be careful): sudo dd bs=4M if=path/to/input.iso of=/dev/sd conv=fdatasync status=progress ├─sdb1 8:17 1 1.6G 0 part /media/username/usb volume name It will look something like sdb 8:16 1 14.9G 0 disk

Where is a letter followed by a number, look it up by running lsblk.