Bootable system disks have proved themselves to be the best for many years, but time passes, and progress does not stand still. Disks were replaced by more compact and durable devices - flash media. By writing an image of the installation disk to a USB flash drive, you can not only install the system on your computer's hard drive, but also check the ability of the purchased computer to work with the Linux system.
Necessary
- - operating system image;
- - usb media (at least 1 Gb).
Instructions
Step 1
The operating system image must be in ISO format, a standard image file. You can install the system in text mode or graphical mode (GUI). The first option is used for weaker machines (by configuration).
Step 2
First of all, you need to download the GParted program. This can be done using a package manager. This program will be located in the following directory SystemAdministrationPartition Editor. Flash media needs to be formatted, so all important data should be moved to the hard drive. After inserting the USB stick into the usb connector, select the GParted menu, then update "Update Devices". The USB stick will appear in the list as a device with Partition properties "/ dev / sdd".
Step 3
To format flash-media, it must be disconnected. Call the flash drive's context menu and select the "Unmount" command. In the context menu of the device, select Format to and select the FAT 32 file system.
Step 4
Now it remains only to apply all the changes made, click "Apply all operations" (Aplly All Operations).
Step 5
It is advisable to download the Unetbootin program (writes an image to a USB flash drive) from the Firefox browser, but not necessarily. When downloading files with the deb extension, this browser offers to open them through the program that is most convenient for this operation (Gdebi).
Step 6
After installing this application, its location will be as follows: "Applications - System". Open it, in the main program window you must specify the Diskimage option and the path to the ISO image. Click the "OK" button to start copying the image to the USB flash drive.
Step 7
After a while (depending on the system), copying of files will end. Click the Exit button and restart your computer to test the created bootable USB flash drive.
