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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: | + | 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 | ||
* [[install]] some dependencies, in this case for SUSE Linux: | * [[install]] some dependencies, in this case for SUSE Linux: | ||
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cd | cd | ||
cd Downloads | cd Downloads | ||
− | chmod 777 unetbootin-linux-575 | + | chmod 777 unetbootin-linux-575 |
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+ | = insert your USB stick = | ||
* [[open a console]] as root and clear your syslog: | * [[open a console]] as root and clear your syslog: | ||
dmesg -c | dmesg -c | ||
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[22005.397312] sd 9:0:0:0: [sd''i''] 15858688 512-byte logical blocks: (8.11 GB/7.56 GiB) | [22005.397312] sd 9:0:0:0: [sd''i''] 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'' | : in this case an 8 GB USB stick has been inserted and become known as ''/dev/sdi'' | ||
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+ | = use unetbootin = | ||
* start unetbootin: | * start unetbootin: | ||
cd | cd |
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
- download unetbootin from http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net
- install some dependencies, in this case for SUSE Linux:
yast -i libpng12-0-32bit p7zip
- open a console, make the downloaded file executable, e.g.:
cd cd Downloads chmod 777 unetbootin-linux-575
insert your USB stick
- open a console as root and clear your syslog:
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: