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UNetBootIn allows you to install Linux to a harddisk from the network or from a bootable CD, DVD, harddisk or image.
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UNetBootIn allows you to [[create a bootable USB disk]] from the network or from a bootable CD, DVD, harddisk or image. Here is how you do it. '''''This has stopped working for me with UEFI boot computers.'''''
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For my UEFI style computer I used the software [https://rufus.ie/ Rufus].
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= install unetbootin =
 
* download unetbootin from http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net
 
* download unetbootin from http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net
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* [[open a console]] and make the downloaded file executable, e.g.:
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* [[install]] some dependencies, in this case for SUSE Linux:
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yast -i libpng12-0-32bit p7zip
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* [[open a console]], make the downloaded file executable, e.g.:
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cd
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cd Downloads
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chmod 777 unetbootin-linux-575
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= insert your USB stick =
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* [[open a console]] as root and clear your syslog:
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dmesg -c
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* insert your USB stick
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* find out what device has been attached by reading the syslog, e.g.:
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# dmesg
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[22005.395073] sd 9:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg5 type 0
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[22005.397312] sd 9:0:0:0: [sd''i''] 15858688 512-byte logical blocks: (8.11 GB/7.56 GiB)
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: in this case an 8 GB USB stick has been inserted and become known as ''/dev/sdi''
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= use unetbootin =
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* start unetbootin:
 
  cd
 
  cd
 
  cd Downloads
 
  cd Downloads
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chmod 777 unetbootin-linux-575
 
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* start it
 
 
  ./unetbootin-linux-575
 
  ./unetbootin-linux-575
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* when asked for libpng12, install the 32bit version of it, e.g. under SUSE Linux 12.1 x64:
 
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yast -i libpng12-0-32bit
 
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* when asked for p7zip, install it, e.g. under SUSE Linux 12.1 x64:
 
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yast -i p7zip
 
 
* select which distribution you want to have installed on what disk:
 
* select which distribution you want to have installed on what disk:
 
[[File:unetbootin.png]]
 
[[File:unetbootin.png]]

Latest revision as of 13:40, 5 January 2020

UNetBootIn allows you to create a bootable USB disk from the network or from a bootable CD, DVD, harddisk or image. Here is how you do it. This has stopped working for me with UEFI boot computers.

For my UEFI style computer I used the software Rufus.

install unetbootin

yast -i libpng12-0-32bit p7zip

cd
cd Downloads
chmod 777 unetbootin-linux-575

insert your USB stick

dmesg -c
  • insert your USB stick
  • find out what device has been attached by reading the syslog, e.g.:
# dmesg
[22005.395073] sd 9:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg5 type 0
[22005.397312] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdi] 15858688 512-byte logical blocks: (8.11 GB/7.56 GiB)
in this case an 8 GB USB stick has been inserted and become known as /dev/sdi

use unetbootin

  • start unetbootin:
cd
cd Downloads
./unetbootin-linux-575
  • select which distribution you want to have installed on what disk:

Unetbootin.png

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