How to make a ubuntu bootable usb 16.04
To compare, here is my computer before and after using the 'toram' option: Booting will take a little longer as everything is being copied from the USB to memory. Add the word ' toram' right after the word ' boot=casper' and before ' quiet' then hit F10 or Ctrl+X to boot. The easiest way to test this out is when booting, hit the 'e' key to edit the boot options of Ubuntu. For this to work you will need around 4GB or more of memory to be sure you don't run out. A way around this is to have everything from the USB to be pushed into memory (RAM) which is a faster storage medium. This can be slow depending on the type of USB used. When running applications or any read operations, everything is run from the USB drive. In some cases you may have to change your BIOS from Legacy to UEFI or vice-versa if nothing is showing. When finished, you will be shown this screen: Any remaining will be normal USB storage: For the partition table, it is safe to go with GPT in most cases.Įnter how much of the remaining space should be used for persistence which sits on-top of the Ubuntu Live USB. If your computer only has secure boot then you must either turn it off or choose ISO file. Select the boot system and partition table which suits your needs. Select your USB from the next screen or select toggle USB-only show all drives if your USB is not showing, as it is being seen as a hard drive.įinally you will be brought to this screen which is the final confirmation before it wipes your drive: Next, click on the Live only selected option to toggle it to Persistent live selected mode: The first thing to do is select your source, use the file browser to select the Ubuntu ISO file. The program will then prompt for your password: Xubuntu have the repository Universe activated automatically.) If you run standard Ubuntu, you need an extra instruction to get the repository Universe. Open up terminal and run the following commands:
#How to make a ubuntu bootable usb 16.04 how to
There are a zillion guides how to get this up and running but usually you'll need another computer first if you got a dead hard drive. The first you want to do is boot up an existing 16.04 or later Live CD or installation. Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre Fri, 12:37:41 -0500Ĭomparison of Startup Disk Creator from 15.10 to 16.04:
#How to make a ubuntu bootable usb 16.04 update
* Update UI and frontend code to drop the persistence widgets. Use an equivalent of dd to make an exact copy of the image to the device * Rework the whole imaging process for writing to devices: Usb-creator (0.3.0) xenial urgency=medium