UNetbootin allows you to create bootable Live USB drives for Ubuntu and other Linux distributions without burning a CD. You can either let UNetbootin download one of the many for you,. Features UNetbootin can create a bootable drive It loads distributions either by downloading a ISO (CD image) files for you,. Using Unetbootin Select an ISO file or a distribution to download, select a target drive (USB Drive or Hard Disk), then reboot once done. If your USB drive doesn't show up, reformat it as FAT32. If you used the 'USB Drive' install mode: After rebooting,.
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On PCs, this usually involves pressing a button such as Esc or F12 immediately after you turn on your computer, while on Macs, you should hold the Option key before OSX boots. If you used the 'Hard Disk' install mode: After rebooting, select the UNetbootin entry from the Windows Boot Menu. Supported Distributions UNetbootin has built-in support for automatically downloading and loading the following distributions, though is also supported. Installing Other Distributions Using UNetbootin Download and run UNetbootin, then select the 'disk image' option and supply it with an ISO (CD image).
UNetbootin doesn't use distribution-specific rules for making your live USB drive, so most Linux ISO files should load correctly using this option. However, not all distributions support booting from USB, and some others require extra boot options or other modifications before they can boot from USB drives, so these ISO files will not work as-is.
Also, ISO files for non-Linux operating systems have a different boot mechanism, so don't expect them to work either. FAQs Distribution X isn't on the list of supported distributions, will it work? » Maybe, see. UNetbootin isn't able to download the distribution, what should I do? Download the ISO straight from the website, then provide it to UNetbootin via the. My USB stick isn't booting, what should I do?, then use UNetbootin again to put your distribution on the USB stick. My USB stick/hard drive isn't detected, what should I do?, then use UNetbootin again.
If it still isn't showing up, use the. How do I use UNetbootin from the command line? How does UNetbootin work, and what does it do? Where can I report bugs, submit patches, etc? First, make sure you are using the latest version available on this website. » See to file a bug report.
» See to submit a patch. Does UNetbootin have any spyware, viruses, trojans, or other malware? No; though some anti-virus products may raise 'Trojan.generic' warnings due to the auto-uninstall feature, these are false positives. Just make sure you obtain UNetbootin from this site, not some shady third-party source. If you're absolutely paranoid, you can check the source code and compile it yourself.
What translations are available, and how can I use them? A number of translations are included in the latest UNetbootin release.
See the for the status of each. If a translation corresponding to your system's native language has already been included into UNetbootin, it should automatically load the corresponding translation. Alternatively, you can force the language to use via the lang=es command-line option, where you substitute es with the the 2-letter for your language. Can I help translate? If you'd like to help translate this website, then edit translations either.
If you'd like to help translate the UNetbootin program itself, please use. If you are new to Launchpad, you will first have to join the corresponding group for the language you intend to translate. For information on using the Launchpad Translations system, see the. » See Removal Instructions (Applicable only to Hard Disk installs) If using Windows, UNetbootin should prompt you to remove it the next time you boot into Windows.
Alternatively, you can remove it via Add/Remove Programs in the Control Panel. If using Linux, re-run the UNetbootin executable (with root priveledges), and press OK when prompted to uninstall. Removal is only required if you used the 'Hard Drive' installation mode; to remove the bootloader from a USB drive, back up its contents and reformat it.
Uninstalling UNetbootin simply removes the UNetbootin entry from your boot menu; if you installed an operating system to a partition using UNetbootin, removing UNetbootin will not remove the OS. To manually remove a Linux installation, you will have to restore the Windows bootloader using 'fixmbr' from a recovery CD, and use Parted Magic to delete the Linux partition and expand the Windows partition. Where's the source code, and how can I compile or modify it? Source code is on, though you may prefer a. License UNetbootin was created and written by (Github:, Launchpad:, ). Translators are listed on the. UNetbootin is licensed under the.
Site materials, documentation, screenshots, and logos are licensed as. Other open-source projects from the creators of UNetbootin.
Getting Kali Linux, or any other Linux distribution, up and running on your Mac can sometimes be problematic. Although things have gotten easier with some new tools. As a Macbook Pro user (mid 2014 model) I wanted to be able to use Kali Linux on my Macbook in a USB liveboot mode, with persistence.
One primary reason for wanting to maintain persistence is that there is quite a bit of setup involved to get all the drivers working, and I didn’t want to have to go through all of that each time I booted into Linux. I tried many methods of getting things working, even following the instructions on the Kali Linux website didn’t work exactly. I ended up with a strange occurrence when rebooting that I had to select the windows partition for boot rather than the mac EFI. Below are my instructions on how I set up this live USB with persistence, it’s produced reliable results and hopefully it will do for you to. The process was done using my Macbook Pro mid 2014 model, running OSX El Capitan. There’s a few things you will need in order to get started. A USB stick with minimum of 8GB storage (I’m using a 16GB scan disk USB3.0 thumb drive).
Download the free software “ Mac Linux USB Loader” from here. Download the latest build of Kali Linux (I use the amd64 version) and keep the.iso file in your downloads folder STEP 1. First we need to prepare the USB stick. We will use the MAC OSX native disk utility tool for this.
Open the Disk utility tool, and select the correct USB device (in my case SanDisk Cruzer.). Click on “ Erase” and choose the following options. Name – Kali Linux. Format – MS-DOS (FAT). Scheme – Master Boot Record. Press the “ Erase” button. The Disk Utility will then run through it’s formatting process.
When finished click on “D one“. You should now have a single clean partition on your USB drive as shown below.
Now the USB disk has been prepared we can move onto the next step, which will be to setup the drive using the “ Mac Linux USB Loader“. STEP 2. Open up the Mac Linux USB Loader software and select “ Create Live USB“. This will bring up a finder window, where you can navigate to your downloaded Kali Linux.iso disk image. Select the Kali Linux disk image that you downloaded earlier. On the next screen you will see your USB thumb drive listed with he name “kali Linux” (if you named it that when formatting). Select this USB drive and click “ Next”.
On this screen click on “ Begin Installation“. Once this has completed, you should now find a directory structure on the USB disk like this:- /efi/boot inside the boot folder there will be a couple of.efi files and a “boot.iso” disk image. STEP 3. There’s one final step we need to take in order to ensure that Kali Linux boots in persistence mode every time. We need to edit the enterprise configuration file. Open up the Mac Linux USB Loader again, and select the option “ Setup USB Device“. In the new window, select the Kali Linux USB drive from the left side.
This is a list of the various available bootable USB drives. Once the correct drive is selected click on “ Edit Enterprise Configuration File“. This will open a text edit window with the configuration file. You need to change the “ hostname” from “ka li” to “k ali persistence“. Save this file, and close. Your USB bootable disk is now ready. Reboot your Macbook Pro while holding down the “alt / option” key.
You will be presented with a boot option list, select the “EFID” boot option. This will present another menu where you can select the boot mode, and the available Linux Distributions. Kali Linux should then boot up and now you have a Linux Live session running on your machine. There’s now just one more thing we need to do in order to setup persistence and make it work correctly.
STEP 4. We will use Linux tools to resize the partition. You can use the GUI tool “GParted” or it can be done through the terminal. Here’s the terminal commands:-. end=7gb. read start /mnt/myusb/persistence.conf. umount /dev/sdb3.
We are pretty much done! All that remains now is to reboot (using the option key again to boot into Linux). Once into Kali Linux create a new folder on the desktop, or a file in the documents folder. Reboot again, and check that it’s still there.
If so then congratulations you’ve done everything right and you now have a live bootable USB drive running Kali Linux in persistence mode on your Macbook Pro. Now all that remains is to get the Wireless adapter working. This is by far the most difficult part of the whole process, the broadcom drivers for Linux aren’t well supported, and depending on the model year of your Macbook Pro will depend on what chipset version and driver you need.