

The OS recovery image is meant to be flashed to a raw device (I.e., no partitions).Follow the instructions to install the operating system using the Dell OS recovery media.Once the recovery image is copied to the USB flash drive, safely remove the USB flash drive from the computer.

Click Make Startup Disk to install the recovery image to the USB flash drive.In the tool, select the USB device that is plugged in.Insert the USB flash drive in your Linux-based computer where the recovery image is downloaded.Verify that the USB flash drive used for imaging is at least 16GB in capacity.Creating a bootable USB recovery media formats the USB flash drive and all the data on the USB flash drive will be lost permanently. Tried with: Startup Disk Creator 0.2.56 and Ubuntu 14.Warning: Dell recommends that you back up any important data from the USB flash drive. I have faced problems using it for making startup USB flash drives of Ubuntu 14.10. Note: An alternative to Startup Disk Creator is UNetBootIn, which can be used as described here. Once it is done, you can use this USB flash drive to install Ubuntu on other computers by booting from this drive! 😃 Start the Startup Disk Creator from the Dash or usb-creator-gtk from the shell.Ĭhoose the source disk image (the downloaded ISO file) and the disk to use and click Make Startup Disk. Note that it needs to be in FAT or FAT32 format! (Otherwise Startup Disk Creator will not show this drive.) Insert the USB stick or drive that you want to use as the startup disk. If by chance you do not have it, it can be installed easily: $ sudo apt install usb-creator-gtk Useĭownload the Ubuntu (or any other) ISO file you need to make a startup disk from. Startup Disk Creator will be present on a Ubuntu computer. The Startup Disk Creator tool can be used to create such a startup disk from a ISO file.

You need a startup disk or USB flash drive loaded with Ubuntu to install it on a new computer. 📅 2015-Sep-12 ⬩ ✍️ Ashwin Nanjappa ⬩ 🏷️ installation, startup disk creator, ubuntu, usb flash drive, usb-creator-gtk ⬩ 📚 Archive How to make startup disk from ISO using Startup Disk Creator
