How to: Using Unetbootin

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[edit] About

This is an easy way to install Easy Peasy from a USB drive (or other removable memory device).

[edit] Download

Ubuntu (32-bit): http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/unetbootin-i386-latest.deb
Ubuntu (64-bit): http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/unetbootin-amd64-latest.deb
RPM (opensuse): http://software.opensuse.org/search?baseproject=ALL&p=1&q=unetbootin
Other Distribution: http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/unetbootin-linux-latest

[edit] Install and Run

[edit] Ubuntu

[edit] Install

To install UNetbootin on ubuntu, simply double click on the file you downloaded and click "Install Package". The prerequisites will automatically be downloaded for you.

[edit] Run

In the Main Menu (ubuntu logo) go to System Tools -> UNetbootin

[edit] Other

[edit] Make File Executable

Once you've downloaded UNetbootin make the file executable by right clicking on the file, clicking on properties, going to the Permissions tab and checking "Allow executing file as program."

Alternatively, make the file executable by opening the terminal and typing:

chmod +x unetbootin-linux-*

[edit] Download Prerequisites

Use your distributions software manager to install the following packages. Ex:

sudo aptitude install p7zip-full

[edit] Run the Program

After you have made the file executable, you can run UNetbootin by double clicking on the file. Alternatively, from the command line you can run:

./unetbootin-linux-*

[edit] Using

At this point, your USB disk should be plugged in. If it is not, plug it in and restart UNetbootin.

Now that you're in UNetbootin, click on the "..." next to the "Diskimage" selection and select the iso file you downloaded from the Download Page

Make sure you select ISO as file type. UNetbootin defaults this to Floppy when you choose a file of the type *.img.iso, which will result in an error when you try to boot from the stick lateron.

UNetbootin will automatically find the USB disk for you. (Note: the USB disk must be mounted and formatted to fat32. If you don't know what this means, it probably already is.)

If you have more than one USB storage device plugged in be sure to pick the right one. UNetBootin identifies the disks by their device name, e.g. /dev/sdb1. You can find out which device is mounted to which mount point by executing the df command in a terminal:

 kj@carrot:~$ df
 Filesystem           1K-blocks      Used Available Use% Mounted on
 /dev/sda1            152387520  11573596 133073008   9% /
 tmpfs                   251248         0    251248   0% /lib/init/rw
 varrun                  251248       116    251132   1% /var/run
 varlock                 251248         0    251248   0% /var/lock
 udev                    251248      2916    248332   2% /dev
 tmpfs                   251248        24    251224   1% /dev/shm
 /dev/sdb1            110650276  97121160   7908376  93% /media/disk
 /dev/sdc1            301473040 246950380  42271496  86% /media/disk-1

Tell UNetBootin to copy the ISO to the USB disk.

Now, Unmount the disk (right click on it in Nautilus or on your desktop and click "unmount" or "eject"). Voilà! You have a USB stick with Easy Peasy. From there, follow the instructions on the Install Page

[edit] Troubleshooting

[edit] UNetbootin says that the installation is complete, but when I reboot there is nothing on the disk.

Chances are, UNetbootin did not select the correct drive for the USB disk.

For UNetbootin you need the drive name, so you have to trace it using the mount point (e.g, Disk, Disk-1) that shows up in your File Manager. Open the terminal and search for the name of the mount point using this command (If your mount point isn't "Disk," substitute whatever it is):

mount | grep -i /media/disk

After you run that command, the result should look something like this:

/dev/sdd1 on /media/disk type vfat (rw,nosuid,nodev,uhelper=hal,shortname=mixed,uid=1000,utf8,umask=077,flush)

The device name is the first item that shows up, in this case: /dev/sdd1

[edit] This isn't working for me!

If none of the other Troubleshooting answers help you with your problem, try to do without UNetbootin, preparing the stick manually as described here. Or, try another USB disk. Some may work, some may not.

How to: Using Unetbootin

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