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How do I create a bootable USB stick for Ubuntu OS using an Apple Macbook that can be then used on my Windows PC to replace it with Ubuntu?










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  • Wait are we talking about upgrading Windows to ubuntu or just upgrading windows?

    – Cyber_Star
    Jul 21 '16 at 20:15












  • Upgrading a windows PC to Linux OS using a USB stick created using a Mac.

    – Patricia Wells
    Jul 21 '16 at 20:17











  • Ok read my answer that should work :)

    – Cyber_Star
    Jul 21 '16 at 20:18











  • I do not want to install windows. I want to replace windows with Ubuntu. I want to create the bootable Ubuntu USB stick using an Macbook and then move it to the Windows PC to install the Ubuntu OS. Sorry I did not make myself clear.

    – Patricia Wells
    Jul 21 '16 at 20:24











  • No problem just making sure my answer does that :)

    – Cyber_Star
    Jul 21 '16 at 20:25

















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How do I create a bootable USB stick for Ubuntu OS using an Apple Macbook that can be then used on my Windows PC to replace it with Ubuntu?










share|improve this question
























  • Wait are we talking about upgrading Windows to ubuntu or just upgrading windows?

    – Cyber_Star
    Jul 21 '16 at 20:15












  • Upgrading a windows PC to Linux OS using a USB stick created using a Mac.

    – Patricia Wells
    Jul 21 '16 at 20:17











  • Ok read my answer that should work :)

    – Cyber_Star
    Jul 21 '16 at 20:18











  • I do not want to install windows. I want to replace windows with Ubuntu. I want to create the bootable Ubuntu USB stick using an Macbook and then move it to the Windows PC to install the Ubuntu OS. Sorry I did not make myself clear.

    – Patricia Wells
    Jul 21 '16 at 20:24











  • No problem just making sure my answer does that :)

    – Cyber_Star
    Jul 21 '16 at 20:25













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  • Wait are we talking about upgrading Windows to ubuntu or just upgrading windows?

    – Cyber_Star
    Jul 21 '16 at 20:15












  • Upgrading a windows PC to Linux OS using a USB stick created using a Mac.

    – Patricia Wells
    Jul 21 '16 at 20:17











  • Ok read my answer that should work :)

    – Cyber_Star
    Jul 21 '16 at 20:18











  • I do not want to install windows. I want to replace windows with Ubuntu. I want to create the bootable Ubuntu USB stick using an Macbook and then move it to the Windows PC to install the Ubuntu OS. Sorry I did not make myself clear.

    – Patricia Wells
    Jul 21 '16 at 20:24











  • No problem just making sure my answer does that :)

    – Cyber_Star
    Jul 21 '16 at 20:25

















  • Wait are we talking about upgrading Windows to ubuntu or just upgrading windows?

    – Cyber_Star
    Jul 21 '16 at 20:15












  • Upgrading a windows PC to Linux OS using a USB stick created using a Mac.

    – Patricia Wells
    Jul 21 '16 at 20:17











  • Ok read my answer that should work :)

    – Cyber_Star
    Jul 21 '16 at 20:18











  • I do not want to install windows. I want to replace windows with Ubuntu. I want to create the bootable Ubuntu USB stick using an Macbook and then move it to the Windows PC to install the Ubuntu OS. Sorry I did not make myself clear.

    – Patricia Wells
    Jul 21 '16 at 20:24











  • No problem just making sure my answer does that :)

    – Cyber_Star
    Jul 21 '16 at 20:25
















Wait are we talking about upgrading Windows to ubuntu or just upgrading windows?

– Cyber_Star
Jul 21 '16 at 20:15






Wait are we talking about upgrading Windows to ubuntu or just upgrading windows?

– Cyber_Star
Jul 21 '16 at 20:15














Upgrading a windows PC to Linux OS using a USB stick created using a Mac.

– Patricia Wells
Jul 21 '16 at 20:17





Upgrading a windows PC to Linux OS using a USB stick created using a Mac.

– Patricia Wells
Jul 21 '16 at 20:17













Ok read my answer that should work :)

– Cyber_Star
Jul 21 '16 at 20:18





Ok read my answer that should work :)

– Cyber_Star
Jul 21 '16 at 20:18













I do not want to install windows. I want to replace windows with Ubuntu. I want to create the bootable Ubuntu USB stick using an Macbook and then move it to the Windows PC to install the Ubuntu OS. Sorry I did not make myself clear.

– Patricia Wells
Jul 21 '16 at 20:24





I do not want to install windows. I want to replace windows with Ubuntu. I want to create the bootable Ubuntu USB stick using an Macbook and then move it to the Windows PC to install the Ubuntu OS. Sorry I did not make myself clear.

– Patricia Wells
Jul 21 '16 at 20:24













No problem just making sure my answer does that :)

– Cyber_Star
Jul 21 '16 at 20:25





No problem just making sure my answer does that :)

– Cyber_Star
Jul 21 '16 at 20:25










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New Method using Etcher



  1. Make sure you have a USB Stick with at least 4GB of free space.

  2. Get your Ubuntu ISO from here.

  3. Open Disk Utility from Applications > Utilities

  4. Select the USB stick and select Erase (This will remove all data stored on the USB drive)

  5. Select the format: MS-DOS (FAT) and scheme: GUID Partition Map


  6. Click Erase



    Disk utility



  7. Download, install and open Etcher (By default MacOS blocks running apps from unidentified developers. Follow this tutorial if you are experiencing problems with this.)

  8. Select image and navigate to the location you saved the Ubuntu ISO you have downloaded in step 2

  9. Select the USB drive you have formatted in step 3-6.


  10. Click Flash



    Etcher interface



  11. Congratulations! You now have Ubuntu on a USB stick, bootable and ready to go!

Old Method using UNetbootin (might still work)



  1. Make sure you have a USB Stick with at least 4GB of free space.

  2. Download and install UNetbootin USB installer

  3. Download The Ubuntu Desktop ISO of your choice


  4. Launch UNetbootin and allow the osascript to make changes



    authentication




  5. Select the Diskimage radio button and then click the ... button



    unetbootin interface




  6. Select the ubuntu ISO file you downloaded and click 'Open'



    selecting iso file



  7. Then select your flash drive in the bottom row and click 'OK'

  8. After Unetbootin finishes, click 'Exit' and now you have yourself an Ubuntu USB stick.

Source






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  • Does one need to format USB stick before doing this procedure?

    – Eric
    Dec 29 '17 at 10:10











  • @Eric No Unetbootin will format the drive for you.

    – Cyber_Star
    Dec 30 '17 at 12:03











  • You do not need to format the drive with Etcher, it flashes the ISO directly on it.

    – Andrea Lazzarotto
    Apr 29 '18 at 16:07


















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1) Find the file path to your USB drive with



diskutil list external


You're looking for /dev/diskN. It's probably /dev/disk2, but double check that the NAME and SIZE columns make sense. The dd command you're going to run later will effectively delete all data on the drive so don't get this wrong. If that command produces no output, your USB drive is probably not plugged in.



2) Unmount the device so you can overwrite it (change N to the number you got from the previous step)



diskutil unmountDisk /dev/diskN


3) Use dd to copy the .iso image to the USB with



sudo dd if=/path/to/your/iso-file.iso of=/dev/diskN


That step will take a while. When it's finished you might get an error saying that the disk can't be read, you can click "Eject" and you're done; use your USB stick to boot Ubuntu. If you don't get that error, you should eject it with diskutil eject /dev/diskN.




You can speed up the dd command by adding bs=1m (if you get the invalid number: ‘1m’ error it's because you installed a newer version of coreutils with homebrew, change "m" to an uppercase "M") and using /dev/rdiskN instead of /dev/diskN (use /dev/diskN for the diskutil commands though). You can get dd to report progress with status=progress. This would all look like



sudo dd bs=1m status=progress if=ubuntu-18.04-desktop-amd64.iso of=/dev/rdiskN


With my cheap USB 2.0 drive I get 3.6 MB/s (9 minutes) with these options vs 0.8 MB/s (40 minutes) without them.






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    Format your USB stick in FAT32 then open a terminal and type



    dd if=/path/to/file.iso of=/path/of/mounted/usb


    Substitute the strings after = signs with your real paths.



    That's really quicker than other method!






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      Well, yes, you can. Look for the correct tool to do this, like unetbooting. For more information about, how to create a bootable USB you can look at this:



      How to create a bootable USB stick on OS X.



      And here: How do I create a bootable flash drive for installing Windows?,



      And here: How to create a Windows 10 installer USB drive from a Mac.






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      • This is to create a windows sick tho but he want's a ubuntu stick.

        – Cyber_Star
        Jul 21 '16 at 20:32











      • Wrong understanding. I read "...upgrade a windows PC...", so, i though, "he wants to upgrade his windows 8 to windows 10", because no "Ubuntu" is mentioned. Just didn't catch the idea. Thanks for the corrections.

        – GTRONICK
        Jul 21 '16 at 20:34






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        Yeh thats what i tought aswel thats why i commented it :)

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      sudo dd if=/path/to/file.iso of=/dev/disk3



      where disk3 is your usb device.
      You need to umount the usb device before performing this operation.



      dd is a dangerous command and can erase your disk completely. of=/dev/diskx
      this x should never be your internal disk. Make sure you have not put your internal disk after "of=/dev/"






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        New Method using Etcher



        1. Make sure you have a USB Stick with at least 4GB of free space.

        2. Get your Ubuntu ISO from here.

        3. Open Disk Utility from Applications > Utilities

        4. Select the USB stick and select Erase (This will remove all data stored on the USB drive)

        5. Select the format: MS-DOS (FAT) and scheme: GUID Partition Map


        6. Click Erase



          Disk utility



        7. Download, install and open Etcher (By default MacOS blocks running apps from unidentified developers. Follow this tutorial if you are experiencing problems with this.)

        8. Select image and navigate to the location you saved the Ubuntu ISO you have downloaded in step 2

        9. Select the USB drive you have formatted in step 3-6.


        10. Click Flash



          Etcher interface



        11. Congratulations! You now have Ubuntu on a USB stick, bootable and ready to go!

        Old Method using UNetbootin (might still work)



        1. Make sure you have a USB Stick with at least 4GB of free space.

        2. Download and install UNetbootin USB installer

        3. Download The Ubuntu Desktop ISO of your choice


        4. Launch UNetbootin and allow the osascript to make changes



          authentication




        5. Select the Diskimage radio button and then click the ... button



          unetbootin interface




        6. Select the ubuntu ISO file you downloaded and click 'Open'



          selecting iso file



        7. Then select your flash drive in the bottom row and click 'OK'

        8. After Unetbootin finishes, click 'Exit' and now you have yourself an Ubuntu USB stick.

        Source






        share|improve this answer

























        • Does one need to format USB stick before doing this procedure?

          – Eric
          Dec 29 '17 at 10:10











        • @Eric No Unetbootin will format the drive for you.

          – Cyber_Star
          Dec 30 '17 at 12:03











        • You do not need to format the drive with Etcher, it flashes the ISO directly on it.

          – Andrea Lazzarotto
          Apr 29 '18 at 16:07















        22














        New Method using Etcher



        1. Make sure you have a USB Stick with at least 4GB of free space.

        2. Get your Ubuntu ISO from here.

        3. Open Disk Utility from Applications > Utilities

        4. Select the USB stick and select Erase (This will remove all data stored on the USB drive)

        5. Select the format: MS-DOS (FAT) and scheme: GUID Partition Map


        6. Click Erase



          Disk utility



        7. Download, install and open Etcher (By default MacOS blocks running apps from unidentified developers. Follow this tutorial if you are experiencing problems with this.)

        8. Select image and navigate to the location you saved the Ubuntu ISO you have downloaded in step 2

        9. Select the USB drive you have formatted in step 3-6.


        10. Click Flash



          Etcher interface



        11. Congratulations! You now have Ubuntu on a USB stick, bootable and ready to go!

        Old Method using UNetbootin (might still work)



        1. Make sure you have a USB Stick with at least 4GB of free space.

        2. Download and install UNetbootin USB installer

        3. Download The Ubuntu Desktop ISO of your choice


        4. Launch UNetbootin and allow the osascript to make changes



          authentication




        5. Select the Diskimage radio button and then click the ... button



          unetbootin interface




        6. Select the ubuntu ISO file you downloaded and click 'Open'



          selecting iso file



        7. Then select your flash drive in the bottom row and click 'OK'

        8. After Unetbootin finishes, click 'Exit' and now you have yourself an Ubuntu USB stick.

        Source






        share|improve this answer

























        • Does one need to format USB stick before doing this procedure?

          – Eric
          Dec 29 '17 at 10:10











        • @Eric No Unetbootin will format the drive for you.

          – Cyber_Star
          Dec 30 '17 at 12:03











        • You do not need to format the drive with Etcher, it flashes the ISO directly on it.

          – Andrea Lazzarotto
          Apr 29 '18 at 16:07













        22












        22








        22







        New Method using Etcher



        1. Make sure you have a USB Stick with at least 4GB of free space.

        2. Get your Ubuntu ISO from here.

        3. Open Disk Utility from Applications > Utilities

        4. Select the USB stick and select Erase (This will remove all data stored on the USB drive)

        5. Select the format: MS-DOS (FAT) and scheme: GUID Partition Map


        6. Click Erase



          Disk utility



        7. Download, install and open Etcher (By default MacOS blocks running apps from unidentified developers. Follow this tutorial if you are experiencing problems with this.)

        8. Select image and navigate to the location you saved the Ubuntu ISO you have downloaded in step 2

        9. Select the USB drive you have formatted in step 3-6.


        10. Click Flash



          Etcher interface



        11. Congratulations! You now have Ubuntu on a USB stick, bootable and ready to go!

        Old Method using UNetbootin (might still work)



        1. Make sure you have a USB Stick with at least 4GB of free space.

        2. Download and install UNetbootin USB installer

        3. Download The Ubuntu Desktop ISO of your choice


        4. Launch UNetbootin and allow the osascript to make changes



          authentication




        5. Select the Diskimage radio button and then click the ... button



          unetbootin interface




        6. Select the ubuntu ISO file you downloaded and click 'Open'



          selecting iso file



        7. Then select your flash drive in the bottom row and click 'OK'

        8. After Unetbootin finishes, click 'Exit' and now you have yourself an Ubuntu USB stick.

        Source






        share|improve this answer















        New Method using Etcher



        1. Make sure you have a USB Stick with at least 4GB of free space.

        2. Get your Ubuntu ISO from here.

        3. Open Disk Utility from Applications > Utilities

        4. Select the USB stick and select Erase (This will remove all data stored on the USB drive)

        5. Select the format: MS-DOS (FAT) and scheme: GUID Partition Map


        6. Click Erase



          Disk utility



        7. Download, install and open Etcher (By default MacOS blocks running apps from unidentified developers. Follow this tutorial if you are experiencing problems with this.)

        8. Select image and navigate to the location you saved the Ubuntu ISO you have downloaded in step 2

        9. Select the USB drive you have formatted in step 3-6.


        10. Click Flash



          Etcher interface



        11. Congratulations! You now have Ubuntu on a USB stick, bootable and ready to go!

        Old Method using UNetbootin (might still work)



        1. Make sure you have a USB Stick with at least 4GB of free space.

        2. Download and install UNetbootin USB installer

        3. Download The Ubuntu Desktop ISO of your choice


        4. Launch UNetbootin and allow the osascript to make changes



          authentication




        5. Select the Diskimage radio button and then click the ... button



          unetbootin interface




        6. Select the ubuntu ISO file you downloaded and click 'Open'



          selecting iso file



        7. Then select your flash drive in the bottom row and click 'OK'

        8. After Unetbootin finishes, click 'Exit' and now you have yourself an Ubuntu USB stick.

        Source







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        • Does one need to format USB stick before doing this procedure?

          – Eric
          Dec 29 '17 at 10:10











        • @Eric No Unetbootin will format the drive for you.

          – Cyber_Star
          Dec 30 '17 at 12:03











        • You do not need to format the drive with Etcher, it flashes the ISO directly on it.

          – Andrea Lazzarotto
          Apr 29 '18 at 16:07

















        • Does one need to format USB stick before doing this procedure?

          – Eric
          Dec 29 '17 at 10:10











        • @Eric No Unetbootin will format the drive for you.

          – Cyber_Star
          Dec 30 '17 at 12:03











        • You do not need to format the drive with Etcher, it flashes the ISO directly on it.

          – Andrea Lazzarotto
          Apr 29 '18 at 16:07
















        Does one need to format USB stick before doing this procedure?

        – Eric
        Dec 29 '17 at 10:10





        Does one need to format USB stick before doing this procedure?

        – Eric
        Dec 29 '17 at 10:10













        @Eric No Unetbootin will format the drive for you.

        – Cyber_Star
        Dec 30 '17 at 12:03





        @Eric No Unetbootin will format the drive for you.

        – Cyber_Star
        Dec 30 '17 at 12:03













        You do not need to format the drive with Etcher, it flashes the ISO directly on it.

        – Andrea Lazzarotto
        Apr 29 '18 at 16:07





        You do not need to format the drive with Etcher, it flashes the ISO directly on it.

        – Andrea Lazzarotto
        Apr 29 '18 at 16:07













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        1) Find the file path to your USB drive with



        diskutil list external


        You're looking for /dev/diskN. It's probably /dev/disk2, but double check that the NAME and SIZE columns make sense. The dd command you're going to run later will effectively delete all data on the drive so don't get this wrong. If that command produces no output, your USB drive is probably not plugged in.



        2) Unmount the device so you can overwrite it (change N to the number you got from the previous step)



        diskutil unmountDisk /dev/diskN


        3) Use dd to copy the .iso image to the USB with



        sudo dd if=/path/to/your/iso-file.iso of=/dev/diskN


        That step will take a while. When it's finished you might get an error saying that the disk can't be read, you can click "Eject" and you're done; use your USB stick to boot Ubuntu. If you don't get that error, you should eject it with diskutil eject /dev/diskN.




        You can speed up the dd command by adding bs=1m (if you get the invalid number: ‘1m’ error it's because you installed a newer version of coreutils with homebrew, change "m" to an uppercase "M") and using /dev/rdiskN instead of /dev/diskN (use /dev/diskN for the diskutil commands though). You can get dd to report progress with status=progress. This would all look like



        sudo dd bs=1m status=progress if=ubuntu-18.04-desktop-amd64.iso of=/dev/rdiskN


        With my cheap USB 2.0 drive I get 3.6 MB/s (9 minutes) with these options vs 0.8 MB/s (40 minutes) without them.






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          1) Find the file path to your USB drive with



          diskutil list external


          You're looking for /dev/diskN. It's probably /dev/disk2, but double check that the NAME and SIZE columns make sense. The dd command you're going to run later will effectively delete all data on the drive so don't get this wrong. If that command produces no output, your USB drive is probably not plugged in.



          2) Unmount the device so you can overwrite it (change N to the number you got from the previous step)



          diskutil unmountDisk /dev/diskN


          3) Use dd to copy the .iso image to the USB with



          sudo dd if=/path/to/your/iso-file.iso of=/dev/diskN


          That step will take a while. When it's finished you might get an error saying that the disk can't be read, you can click "Eject" and you're done; use your USB stick to boot Ubuntu. If you don't get that error, you should eject it with diskutil eject /dev/diskN.




          You can speed up the dd command by adding bs=1m (if you get the invalid number: ‘1m’ error it's because you installed a newer version of coreutils with homebrew, change "m" to an uppercase "M") and using /dev/rdiskN instead of /dev/diskN (use /dev/diskN for the diskutil commands though). You can get dd to report progress with status=progress. This would all look like



          sudo dd bs=1m status=progress if=ubuntu-18.04-desktop-amd64.iso of=/dev/rdiskN


          With my cheap USB 2.0 drive I get 3.6 MB/s (9 minutes) with these options vs 0.8 MB/s (40 minutes) without them.






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            1) Find the file path to your USB drive with



            diskutil list external


            You're looking for /dev/diskN. It's probably /dev/disk2, but double check that the NAME and SIZE columns make sense. The dd command you're going to run later will effectively delete all data on the drive so don't get this wrong. If that command produces no output, your USB drive is probably not plugged in.



            2) Unmount the device so you can overwrite it (change N to the number you got from the previous step)



            diskutil unmountDisk /dev/diskN


            3) Use dd to copy the .iso image to the USB with



            sudo dd if=/path/to/your/iso-file.iso of=/dev/diskN


            That step will take a while. When it's finished you might get an error saying that the disk can't be read, you can click "Eject" and you're done; use your USB stick to boot Ubuntu. If you don't get that error, you should eject it with diskutil eject /dev/diskN.




            You can speed up the dd command by adding bs=1m (if you get the invalid number: ‘1m’ error it's because you installed a newer version of coreutils with homebrew, change "m" to an uppercase "M") and using /dev/rdiskN instead of /dev/diskN (use /dev/diskN for the diskutil commands though). You can get dd to report progress with status=progress. This would all look like



            sudo dd bs=1m status=progress if=ubuntu-18.04-desktop-amd64.iso of=/dev/rdiskN


            With my cheap USB 2.0 drive I get 3.6 MB/s (9 minutes) with these options vs 0.8 MB/s (40 minutes) without them.






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            1) Find the file path to your USB drive with



            diskutil list external


            You're looking for /dev/diskN. It's probably /dev/disk2, but double check that the NAME and SIZE columns make sense. The dd command you're going to run later will effectively delete all data on the drive so don't get this wrong. If that command produces no output, your USB drive is probably not plugged in.



            2) Unmount the device so you can overwrite it (change N to the number you got from the previous step)



            diskutil unmountDisk /dev/diskN


            3) Use dd to copy the .iso image to the USB with



            sudo dd if=/path/to/your/iso-file.iso of=/dev/diskN


            That step will take a while. When it's finished you might get an error saying that the disk can't be read, you can click "Eject" and you're done; use your USB stick to boot Ubuntu. If you don't get that error, you should eject it with diskutil eject /dev/diskN.




            You can speed up the dd command by adding bs=1m (if you get the invalid number: ‘1m’ error it's because you installed a newer version of coreutils with homebrew, change "m" to an uppercase "M") and using /dev/rdiskN instead of /dev/diskN (use /dev/diskN for the diskutil commands though). You can get dd to report progress with status=progress. This would all look like



            sudo dd bs=1m status=progress if=ubuntu-18.04-desktop-amd64.iso of=/dev/rdiskN


            With my cheap USB 2.0 drive I get 3.6 MB/s (9 minutes) with these options vs 0.8 MB/s (40 minutes) without them.







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                Format your USB stick in FAT32 then open a terminal and type



                dd if=/path/to/file.iso of=/path/of/mounted/usb


                Substitute the strings after = signs with your real paths.



                That's really quicker than other method!






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                  Format your USB stick in FAT32 then open a terminal and type



                  dd if=/path/to/file.iso of=/path/of/mounted/usb


                  Substitute the strings after = signs with your real paths.



                  That's really quicker than other method!






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                    Format your USB stick in FAT32 then open a terminal and type



                    dd if=/path/to/file.iso of=/path/of/mounted/usb


                    Substitute the strings after = signs with your real paths.



                    That's really quicker than other method!






                    share|improve this answer















                    Format your USB stick in FAT32 then open a terminal and type



                    dd if=/path/to/file.iso of=/path/of/mounted/usb


                    Substitute the strings after = signs with your real paths.



                    That's really quicker than other method!







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                        Well, yes, you can. Look for the correct tool to do this, like unetbooting. For more information about, how to create a bootable USB you can look at this:



                        How to create a bootable USB stick on OS X.



                        And here: How do I create a bootable flash drive for installing Windows?,



                        And here: How to create a Windows 10 installer USB drive from a Mac.






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                        • This is to create a windows sick tho but he want's a ubuntu stick.

                          – Cyber_Star
                          Jul 21 '16 at 20:32











                        • Wrong understanding. I read "...upgrade a windows PC...", so, i though, "he wants to upgrade his windows 8 to windows 10", because no "Ubuntu" is mentioned. Just didn't catch the idea. Thanks for the corrections.

                          – GTRONICK
                          Jul 21 '16 at 20:34






                        • 1





                          Yeh thats what i tought aswel thats why i commented it :)

                          – Cyber_Star
                          Jul 21 '16 at 20:34















                        0














                        Well, yes, you can. Look for the correct tool to do this, like unetbooting. For more information about, how to create a bootable USB you can look at this:



                        How to create a bootable USB stick on OS X.



                        And here: How do I create a bootable flash drive for installing Windows?,



                        And here: How to create a Windows 10 installer USB drive from a Mac.






                        share|improve this answer

























                        • This is to create a windows sick tho but he want's a ubuntu stick.

                          – Cyber_Star
                          Jul 21 '16 at 20:32











                        • Wrong understanding. I read "...upgrade a windows PC...", so, i though, "he wants to upgrade his windows 8 to windows 10", because no "Ubuntu" is mentioned. Just didn't catch the idea. Thanks for the corrections.

                          – GTRONICK
                          Jul 21 '16 at 20:34






                        • 1





                          Yeh thats what i tought aswel thats why i commented it :)

                          – Cyber_Star
                          Jul 21 '16 at 20:34













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                        0








                        0







                        Well, yes, you can. Look for the correct tool to do this, like unetbooting. For more information about, how to create a bootable USB you can look at this:



                        How to create a bootable USB stick on OS X.



                        And here: How do I create a bootable flash drive for installing Windows?,



                        And here: How to create a Windows 10 installer USB drive from a Mac.






                        share|improve this answer















                        Well, yes, you can. Look for the correct tool to do this, like unetbooting. For more information about, how to create a bootable USB you can look at this:



                        How to create a bootable USB stick on OS X.



                        And here: How do I create a bootable flash drive for installing Windows?,



                        And here: How to create a Windows 10 installer USB drive from a Mac.







                        share|improve this answer














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                        edited Jul 21 '16 at 20:31









                        Cyber_Star

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                        answered Jul 21 '16 at 20:12









                        GTRONICKGTRONICK

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                        • This is to create a windows sick tho but he want's a ubuntu stick.

                          – Cyber_Star
                          Jul 21 '16 at 20:32











                        • Wrong understanding. I read "...upgrade a windows PC...", so, i though, "he wants to upgrade his windows 8 to windows 10", because no "Ubuntu" is mentioned. Just didn't catch the idea. Thanks for the corrections.

                          – GTRONICK
                          Jul 21 '16 at 20:34






                        • 1





                          Yeh thats what i tought aswel thats why i commented it :)

                          – Cyber_Star
                          Jul 21 '16 at 20:34

















                        • This is to create a windows sick tho but he want's a ubuntu stick.

                          – Cyber_Star
                          Jul 21 '16 at 20:32











                        • Wrong understanding. I read "...upgrade a windows PC...", so, i though, "he wants to upgrade his windows 8 to windows 10", because no "Ubuntu" is mentioned. Just didn't catch the idea. Thanks for the corrections.

                          – GTRONICK
                          Jul 21 '16 at 20:34






                        • 1





                          Yeh thats what i tought aswel thats why i commented it :)

                          – Cyber_Star
                          Jul 21 '16 at 20:34
















                        This is to create a windows sick tho but he want's a ubuntu stick.

                        – Cyber_Star
                        Jul 21 '16 at 20:32





                        This is to create a windows sick tho but he want's a ubuntu stick.

                        – Cyber_Star
                        Jul 21 '16 at 20:32













                        Wrong understanding. I read "...upgrade a windows PC...", so, i though, "he wants to upgrade his windows 8 to windows 10", because no "Ubuntu" is mentioned. Just didn't catch the idea. Thanks for the corrections.

                        – GTRONICK
                        Jul 21 '16 at 20:34





                        Wrong understanding. I read "...upgrade a windows PC...", so, i though, "he wants to upgrade his windows 8 to windows 10", because no "Ubuntu" is mentioned. Just didn't catch the idea. Thanks for the corrections.

                        – GTRONICK
                        Jul 21 '16 at 20:34




                        1




                        1





                        Yeh thats what i tought aswel thats why i commented it :)

                        – Cyber_Star
                        Jul 21 '16 at 20:34





                        Yeh thats what i tought aswel thats why i commented it :)

                        – Cyber_Star
                        Jul 21 '16 at 20:34











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                        sudo dd if=/path/to/file.iso of=/dev/disk3



                        where disk3 is your usb device.
                        You need to umount the usb device before performing this operation.



                        dd is a dangerous command and can erase your disk completely. of=/dev/diskx
                        this x should never be your internal disk. Make sure you have not put your internal disk after "of=/dev/"






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                          sudo dd if=/path/to/file.iso of=/dev/disk3



                          where disk3 is your usb device.
                          You need to umount the usb device before performing this operation.



                          dd is a dangerous command and can erase your disk completely. of=/dev/diskx
                          this x should never be your internal disk. Make sure you have not put your internal disk after "of=/dev/"






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                            sudo dd if=/path/to/file.iso of=/dev/disk3



                            where disk3 is your usb device.
                            You need to umount the usb device before performing this operation.



                            dd is a dangerous command and can erase your disk completely. of=/dev/diskx
                            this x should never be your internal disk. Make sure you have not put your internal disk after "of=/dev/"






                            share|improve this answer













                            sudo dd if=/path/to/file.iso of=/dev/disk3



                            where disk3 is your usb device.
                            You need to umount the usb device before performing this operation.



                            dd is a dangerous command and can erase your disk completely. of=/dev/diskx
                            this x should never be your internal disk. Make sure you have not put your internal disk after "of=/dev/"







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