Creating a bootable Ubuntu USB flash drive - terminal commands
by Francis[ Edit ] 2014-05-31 10:37:05
1. Keep the
ubuntu.iso
file in any one of your hard disk partition
2. Next to mount the
ubuntu.iso
file. Run the below commands in terminal,
sudo mkdir /media/iso
sudo mount -o loop /path/to/ubuntu.iso /media/iso
3.
Next to copy all the files from /media/iso
to your mounted usb flash drive folder in /media
and insert your usb flash drive
4. Now its automatically mounted, after processing created the mounted folder,
like /media/installer
5. Run command,
cp -a /media/iso/. /media/installer
6.
Then paste the ldlinux.sys
file inside your USB flash drive partition
(In my case /dev/sdd1) to make the usb bootable. Run the below commands,
sudo apt-get install syslinux mtools
syslinux -s /dev/sdd1
7.
Now open the /media/installer
and rename the isolinux
directory to syslinux
.
Then go into the renamed syslinux folder and rename the file isolinux.cfg
to syslinux.cfg
8.Reboot your system and change the boot-order
in bios to USB.
Now your ubuntu usb flash drive will booted up and you can install it.