From today onwards we will see some other types of Linux installations like Linux OS installation through network, Linux OS installation through kickstart and installing through USB pen drive. First in the series is installing Linux OS from a USB pen drive or key. There are some non reliable methods available on Internet which show you complex procedures and not reliable.

I do not say they are bad but they are difficult to implement and remember. And that procedures are not same for different Linux distributions. There is a really easy tool in Ubuntu Linux which makes your work simpler and creates Ubuntu Linux bootable USB pen drive. Have a look at our video on how to do it in Ubuntu with that tool. Dd if=/dev/dvd of=/path/to/your/iso/xyz.iso Example dd if=/dev/dvd of=/opt/TestingISO/CentOS-6.2-i386-bin-DVD1.iso dd is an excellent disk management tool with which can do many things, in that one is to create ISO images from CD/DVD.

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'if=/dev/dvd' is my input file from where I am going to take data and write to output file 'of=/opt/TestingISO/CentOS-6.2-i386-bin-DVD1.iso'. Step3: Now convert your normal iso file to a hybrid ISO. Isohybrid /path/to/isofile Example: isohybrid CentOS-6.2-i386-bin-DVD1.iso isohybrid: Warning: more than 1024 cylinders: 3640 isohybrid: Not all BIOSes will be able to boot this device if you try above command with Linux ISO images like Redhat/Fedora/Centos which are more than 1GB size you may see warning like above one. You can ignore these types of warnings. Note1: Make sure that you did not mount your USB key Note2: Make sure that you take back up of your data in your USB Key Note3: It do not matters if the USB pen drive is formated or a brand new one Note4: Make sure that you are root user before doing below step Note5: Make sure that you selected right USB device. Note6: If you see below command, We given of=/dev/sdb it is because dd command expects device not a partition. Step4: Now create a bootable USB stick by using following command dd if=/path/to/iso of=/dev/sdx Example: dd if=CentOS-6.2-i386-bin-DVD1.iso of=/dev/sdb Output: 7454720+0 records in 7454720+0 records out bytes (3.8 GB) copied, 2168.5 s, 1.8 MB/s Once created we can insert this pendrive into other machine where you want to install Linux OS.

Step5: Change BIOS settings to accept USB drive as bootable device as shown in below image. Select USB device to boot and from there you can start installing any kind of Linux OS as most of the Linux distributions support syslinux. Still have queries? We did a video tutorial for you on how to create USB bootable disk for Fedora Linux OS.

In our coming posts we will see how to install Linux OS from different Network resources like http, ftp, nfs, pxe boot and Kickstart.

Open the page and click the 'Download UUI' button to download the utility. Save the file on your hard drive.

Open the page and select which version of Ubuntu you wish to install on the USB drive. The Long Term Support -- LTS -- version offers 5 years of free updates, while the latest version of the OS offers just 9 months of free updates. Select the architecture from the ' Choose your flavor' box. If your system has less than 2GB of RAM, choose '32-bit.' Click ' Download.' Click the ' Not now, take me to the download' link if you don't want to donate and proceed to the download.

The size of the file exceeds 1GB; ensure you have enough free disk space to save it. Plug in the USB flash drive -- with at least 2GB of space -- into a free USB port and then double-click the 'Universal USB Installer' file you downloaded earlier to launch the utility. Click ' I Agree' if you agree to the terms of the License Agreement. Select ' Ubuntu from the ' Step 1' drop-down menu. The software can be used to install many other Linux-based operating systems. Click the ' Browse' button in the Step 2 section, select the Ubuntu setup file and click ' Open.' The full path is displayed in the field.

Select the USB flash drive from the ' Step 3' drop-down box. If the utility doesn't detect the drive, you may check the 'Show all Drives' box to view all drives. Be careful -- selecting the wrong drive may lead to serious loss of data. To format the drive -- and erase everything on it -- before installing Ubuntu, check the 'Format Drive' box.

The utility formats the drive as Fat32. If you want to run Ubuntu from the USB flash drive and install apps or make changes, set a persistent file size using the slider in the Step 4 section. Ubuntu uses this disk space to store everything from new apps to customizations. Click ' Create' to start installing Ubuntu on your USB thumb drive. Click 'Yes' to confirm. Step Click ' Close' after you see the 'Installation done, process is complete' message to close the Universal USB Installer utility. Restart your computer, enter BIOS -- by pressing Delete, F2, F10 or Esc -- and.

The computer restarts after you save the changes and exit BIOS. Select ' Try Ubuntu' from the startup screen to run Ubuntu from the pen drive without installing it. To install Ubuntu, select ' Install Ubuntu. Hardinfo 7 Professional Serial here. ' There is a performance penalty for running Ubuntu from the USB drive instead of installing it on the hard drive. You can choose to install Ubuntu after you run it -- there is an Install Ubuntu icon in the Unity launcher.