download the iso you want and rename it to /mnt/USB/ubuntu.iso.

sudo grub-install -force -removable -boot-directory=/mnt/USB/boot /dev/sdx.

sudo mkdir /mnt/USB & sudo mount /dev/sdx1 /mnt/USB.

Install GRUB2 to USB (assume the USB drive is on /dev/ sdx1 partition) Install GRUB2 on USB to boot Ubuntu Linux ISOĪnother benefit is you can setup the GRUB2 to boot from different ISO. The manual provides more details, man mkusb-nox Run mkusb-nox for example with the following command line sudo mkusb-nox ubuntu-16.04.1-server-amd64.iso sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mkusb/ppa # and press Enter Mkusb-nox is a command line tool, that also wraps security around dd, and that does not want to install a lot of extra program packages, only pv. Lean alternative in Ubuntu Server: install only mkusb-nox

Sudo apt-get install mkusb mkusb-nox usb-pack-efi

Sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mkusb/ppa # and press Enter Xubuntu have the repository Universe activated automatically.) sudo add-apt-repository universe # only for standard Ubuntu If you run standard Ubuntu, you need an extra instruction to get the repository Universe. Install mkusb with the following command lines You can easily overwrite valuable data by writing to the wrong drive. This is a reliable method to create a boot drive, and all current Ubuntu iso files are hybrid iso files, including mini.iso and the Ubuntu Server iso files.ĭd is straightforward, very powerful but also very dangerous. Mkusb uses dd under the hood to clone linux hybrid iso files to a USB drive or memory card. Mkusb version 12 alias dus works in graphics mode in standard Ubuntu (Desktop). Mkusb version 12 alias dus works in text mode, so you can use it also when running Ubuntu Server via its console or remotely via ssh. Mkusb works in and with Ubuntu Server as well as Ubuntu Desktop

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