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It allows you to try out the popular Unix-like operating system without making changes to the computer. A bootable USB drive provides the same experience to the user as an Ubuntu Live DVD. Whichever method you choose, you’ll need the Linux distribution’s ISO file.įor example, Ubuntu Linux has two built-in methods for creating a bootable USB drive. You can also use the dd command to do this from a terminal on any Linux distro. There are two ways to do this: Some Linux distributions include a graphical USB startup disk creator tool that will do it for you. While you don’t technically “burn” the ISO file to a USB drive, there’s a special process required to take a Linux ISO file and make a bootable USB drive with it. You can’t simply copy or extract the ISO file to the USB drive and expect it to work, however. You can also install a Linux distribution on your PC from it-no CD or DVD drive required. If I mount the ISO, I can see it contains zero files.Like a live CD or DVD, a bootable USB drive lets you run practically any Linux distribution without affecting your computer. This ISO has zero ISO content so it would not work. Some people on the Internet advise to copy the content of the ISO and do other steps.UNetbootin does not work because it is not a Linux image.

(Scroll to the right: it says "bootable") home/nico/7yuj40uc.iso: # ISO 9660 CD-ROM filesystem data '7YUJ40US ' (bootable) Did I forget one step?ĭetails about the iso image ( readme): ls -lh 7yuj40uc.iso Not wanting to waste a CD, I copied the image to my USB stick: sudo dd if=/home/nico/7yuj40uc.iso of=/dev/sdb1 bs=1MĪnd rebooted, after making sure USB is first in the boot sequence. if it is bootable should not it be OS-agnostic?) (still wondering why it says "Windows" though.

I guess a bootable CD that would do a BIOS update is indeed what I need. On the Lenovo website, I am offered this:īIOS Update Bootable CD for Windows 7 (32-bit, 64-bit), Vista (32-bit, 64-bit), XP - ThinkPad R500 I have installed Ubuntu on a Lenovo Thinkpad R500 2732, and I must update the BIOS.