Startup Disk Creator (USB-creator) is an official tool to create
Live USB
A live USB is a portable USB-attached external data storage device containing a full operating system that can be booted from. The term is reminiscent of USB flash drives but may encompass an external hard disk drive or solid-state drive, th ...
s of
Ubuntu
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from the Live CD or from an
ISO image
An optical disc image (or ISO image, from the ISO 9660 file system used with CD-ROM media) is a disk image that contains everything that would be written to an optical disc, disk sector by disc sector, including the optical disc file system. ...
. The tool is included by default in all releases after Ubuntu 8.04, and can be installed on Ubuntu 8.04. A
KDE
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frontend was released for Ubuntu 8.10, and is currently included by default in
Kubuntu installations.
The KDE and Ubuntu frontend go under the names "usb-creator-kde" and "usb-creator-gtk", respectively.
Features
*Install
bootloader
A bootloader, also spelled as boot loader or called boot manager and bootstrap loader, is a computer program that is responsible for booting a computer.
When a computer is turned off, its softwareincluding operating systems, application code, an ...
to USB device
Installation
To install in Ubuntu via
apt, use the following commands in the terminal:
$ sudo apt update
$ sudo apt install usb-creator-gtk
Future development
The tool is available for Ubuntu (
GNOME Unity
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]) or Kubuntu (
KDE
KDE is an international free software community that develops free and open-source software. As a central development hub, it provides tools and resources that allow collaborative work on this kind of software. Well-known products include the ...
) and also for Windows starting in Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" but accessible only by inserting the Live CD or DVD into a CD-ROM/DVD-RW drive with Windows running.
See also
*
List of tools to create Live USB systems
This is a list of utilities for creating a live USB. Only those listed on Wikipedia are included.
Overview
Features
Multiboot means that the tool allows multiple systems on the USB stick, as well as a bootloader on the USB flash drive to choose ...
References
External links
Project page at Launchpad(Original Author)
Project page at Launchpad(Ubuntu)
Ubuntu Wiki PageUbuntu App PageReview 2021
Live USB
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