UNetbootin
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| UNetbootin on Ubuntu (Linux)
UNetbootin on Ubuntu
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| Original author(s) | Geza Kovacs |
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| Initial release | April 2007 |
| Stable release | Release 613 / July 20, 2015 |
| Development status | Active |
| Written in | C++ (Qt 4.0) |
| Operating system | Windows, Linux and OS X |
| Type | Live USB |
| License | GNU GPL (free software)[1] |
| Website | unetbootin |
UNetbootin (Universal Netboot Installer) is a cross-platform utility that can create live USB systems and can load a variety of system utilities or install various Linux distributions and other operating systems without a CD.
Modes
USB install
This installation mode creates bootable USB flash drives and bootable USB Hard Disk Drives; it is a Live USB creator.
- Cross-platform (available for Windows, Linux and Mac OS X)
- Non-destructive install (does not format the device) using Syslinux.
- Supports mainstream Linux distributions, such as Ubuntu, Fedora, openSUSE, CentOS, Gentoo, Linux Mint, Arch Linux, Mandriva, MEPIS, Slackware as well as FreeDOS, FreeBSD and NetBSD.
- Can load a variety of system utilities, such as Ophcrack, BackTrack.
- Other operating systems can be loaded via pre-downloaded ISO image or floppy/hard drive disk image files.
- Automatically detects all removable devices.
- Supports LiveUSB persistence (preserving files across reboots; this feature is for Ubuntu only)
Multiple installs on the same device are not supported.
Hard drive install
This installation mode performs a network installation or "frugal install" without a CD, similar to that performed by the Win32-Loader.
UNetbootin's distinguishing features are its support for a great variety of Linux distributions, its portability, its ability to load custom disk image (including ISO image) files, and its support for both Windows and Linux.[2] Unlike Wubi, and similar to the Win32-Loader, when installing to hard disk, UNetbootin installs to a partition, not a disk image, thus creating a dual-boot setup between Linux and Windows.
See also
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