


Step 6: Here’s your first warning message. Step 5: You get the option to use Persistent space for the distros that support it. Carefully select the drive that you want to use as your Linux USB drive. Step 4: Now, we come to the important part of the process – selecting the destination drive. Click the Browse button to do that, select the ISO file, and click the Open button. Step 3: The next step is to Browse for the image (ISO) file of the distro. If you do not find the option of the distribution that you want to burn then select Try Unlisted Linux ISO option, which you can find at the bottom of the list. Under Step 1 option in the program, select the distribution name that you want to burn on your USB drive. Step 2: Next, we are welcomed with the ISO selection page. Click the I Agree button if you agree with the License Agreement of the program. Step 1: Open UUI – Universal USB Installer. Homepage: How to Create a Bootable Linux Mint Live USB with Universal USB Installer in Windows The program has an in-built option to select and download Linux Distribution image (ISO) files that you want to use to create the bootable USB drive.

UUI also lets the user create Persistent storage space in the USB drives to store changes made in the Live environment. *Casper-rw partitions do not work with Rufus.UUI – Universal USB Installer is a portable bootable USB creation tool that can create bootable USB drives from Linux Distribution image files, and various other System Utilities using their respective ISO files. It can add extra persistence by storing your home related data in it's own file up to 4GB in size. Shut down and reboot the persistent drive.Ī home-rw file can be created by renaming a casper-rw file. In Terminal edit /isolinux/txt.cfg, (for BIOS boot persistence) and /boot/grub/grub.cfg, (for UEFI boot persistence), add a space and the word "persistent" after "quiet splash -" in each. Move the new casper-rw file from home to the root of the Live Pendrive. (where count=512 is persistence size, with max 4GB). Sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=casper-rw bs=1M count=512 Many people prefer a Persistent pendrive that will save changes.īoot the Rufus pendrive toram to make the drive editable, (press shift when booting, press Esc from language, press F6, press Esc, type a space and "toram" after "quiet splash -", and press Enter). It does not do Persistent installs out of the box. Rufus does an OK job of installing Ubuntu Live to USB.
