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Create bootable pendrive of Ubuntu installer under Linux
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In this article, we would like to show how to create bootable pendrive of Ubuntu installer under Linux.
Simple steps:
- prepare a pendrive with a capacity of at least 8 GB,
- download Ubuntu installer as
*.iso
file,
Official Ubuntu web site: https://ubuntu.com/download/desktop
Example downloaded file name:kubuntu-24.04.1-desktop-amd64.iso
- insert pendrive into any USB socket in your computer,
- find pendrive device name,
You can uselsblk
command, e.g.xxxxxxxxxx
1john@home-pc:~$ lsblk
2
3NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINTS
4sda 8:0 0 3,6T 0 disk
5└─sda1 8:1 0 3,6T 0 part
6sdb 8:16 1 7,5G 0 disk
7└─sdb1 8:17 1 7,5G 0 part
8nvme0n1 259:0 0 931,5G 0 disk
9├─nvme0n1p1 259:1 0 512M 0 part /boot/efi
10├─nvme0n1p2 259:2 0 2G 0 part /boot
11└─nvme0n1p3 259:3 0 929G 0 part
12└─encrypted 252:0 0 929G 0 crypt
13├─encrypted-SWAP 252:1 0 8G 0 lvm
14├─encrypted-ROOT 252:2 0 64G 0 lvm /
15└─encrypted-HOME 252:3 0 857G 0 lvm /home
Where:
sdb
is the currently assigned name of the connected 8GB pendrive.
Note: you can runlsblk
command before and after pendrive is inserted to see what name has appeard pendrive device.
- copy
*.iso
file content to pendrive,
You can usedd
command, e.g.Where:xxxxxxxxxx
1sudo dd if=kubuntu-24.04.1-desktop-amd64.iso of=/dev/sdb
if=
indicates path to downloaded*.iso
file,of=
indicates path to pendrive device,
Note:dd
command execution may take few minutes.
Warning: be sure if you choose rightof=
path!
- done
Optionally you can runsync
command after all to be sure if all data was written out, and take out the pendrive from the USB socket.