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Introduction

UNetbootin allows you to create bootable Live USB drives for Ubuntu,

Fedora, and other Linux distributions without burning a CD. It runs on

both Windows and Linux. You can either let UNetbootin download one

of the many distributions supported out-of-the-box for you, or supply

your own Linux .iso file if you've already downloaded one or your

preferred distribution isn't on the list.

Requirements

Microsoft Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7, or Linux.

Internet access for downloading a distribution to install, or a

pre-downloaded ISO file

Features

UNetbootin can create a bootable Live USB drive, or it can make a

"frugal install" on your local hard disk if you don't have a USB drive. It

loads distributions either by downloading a ISO (CD image) files for

you, or by using an ISO file you've already downloaded.

The current version has built-in support for automatically

downloading and loading the following distributions, though installing

other distributions is also supported:

Ubuntu (and official derivatives)

o

6.06 LTS

o

6.10

o

7.04

o

7.10

o

8.04 LTS

o

8.10

o

9.04

o

9.10

10.04 LTS

o

10.10

o

Daily CD Images

Debian

o

Stable/Lenny

o

Testing/Squeeze

o

Unstable/Sid

Linux Mint

o

3.1

o

4.0

o

5-r1

o

6

o

7

o

8

o

9

openSUSE

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10.2

o

10.3

o

11.0

o

11.1

o

Factory

Arch Linux

o

2007.08

Damn Small Linux

o

4.4

SliTaz

o

Stable

o

Cooking

Puppy Linux

o

4.00

gNewSense

o

deltah-2.1

FreeBSD

o

6.3

o

7.0

o

7.2

o

8.0

NetBSD

o

4.0

o

Fedora

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7

8

o

9

o

10

o

11

o

12

o

13

o

Rawhide

PCLinuxOS

o

2010

Sabayon Linux

o

5.1

o

5.2

Gentoo

o

2007.0

o

2008.0

MEPIS

o

SimplyMEPIS 8

o

AntiX 8

Zenwalk

o

5.2

Slax

o

6

Dreamlinux

o

3.2

Elive

o

Development

CentOS

o

4

o

5

Mandriva

o

2007.1

o

2008.0

o

2008.1

LinuxConsole

o

1.0.2009

Frugalware Linux

o

Stable

o

Testing

o

Current

xPUD

o

0.9.2

o

UNetbootin can also be used to load various system utilities,

including:

Parted Magic, a partition manager that can resize, repair,

backup, and restore partitions.

SystemRescueCD, a system repair, backup and recovery tool.

Super Grub Disk, a boot utility that can restore and repair

overwritten and misconfigured GRUB installs or directly boot

various operating systems

Antivirus, F-Secure Rescue CD, and Kaspersky Rescue

Disk, which remove malware from Windows installs.

Backtrack, a utility used for network analysis and penetration

testing.

Ophcrack, a utility which can recover Windows passwords.

NTPasswd, a utility which can reset Windows passwords and

edit the registry.

Gujin, a graphical bootloader that can also be used to boot

various operating systems and media.

Smart Boot Manager (SBM), which can boot off CD-ROM and

floppy drives on computers with a faulty BIOS.

FreeDOS, which can run BIOS flash and other legacy DOS

utilities.

» See List of Custom UNetbootin Versions and Plugins.

» See Using a UNetbootin Plugin.

Installation & Screenshots

1. If using Windows, run the file, select an ISO file or a distribution

to download, select a target drive (USB Drive or Hard Disk),

then reboot once done.

2. If using Linux, make the file executable (using either the

command chmod +x ./unetbootin-linux, or going to

Properties->Permissions and checking "Execute"), then start

the application, you will be prompted for your password to grant

the application administrative rights, then the main dialog will

appear, where you select a distribution and install target (USB

Drive or Hard Disk), then reboot when prompted.

3. After rebooting, if you created a Live USB drive by selecting

"USB Drive" as your install target, press the appropriate button

(usually F1, F2, F12, ESC, or backspace) while your computer is

starting up to get to your BIOS boot menu and select USB drive

as the startup target; otherwise if there's no boot selection

option, go to the BIOS setup menu and change the startup

order to boot USB by default. Otherwise, if you did a "frugal

install" by selecting "Hard Disk" as your install target, select the

UNetbootin entry from the Windows Boot Menu as the system

boots up.

» See Live USB Creation Guide.

Removal Instructions (Applicable only to Hard Disk / "frugal

installs")

If using Windows, UNetbootin should prompt you to remove it the

next time you boot into Windows. Alternatively, you can remove it via

Add/Remove Programs in the Control Panel.

If using Linux, re-run the UNetbootin executable (with root

priveledges), and press OK when prompted to uninstall.

Removal is only required if you used the "Hard Drive" installation

mode; to remove the bootloader from a USB drive, back up its

contents and reformat it.

Uninstalling UNetbootin simply removes the UNetbootin entry from

your boot menu; if you installed an operating system to a partition

using UNetbootin, removing UNetbootin will not remove the OS.

To manually remove a Linux installation, you will have to restore the

Windows bootloader using "fixmbr" from a recovery CD, and use

Parted Magic to delete the Linux partition and expand the Windows

partition.

Installing Other Distributions Using UNetbootin

Download and run UNetbootin, then select the "disk image" option

and supply it with an ISO (CD image).

UNetbootin doesn't use distribution-specific rules for making your live

USB drive, so most Linux ISO files should load correctly using this

option. However, not all distributions support booting from USB, and

some others require extra boot options or other modifications before

they can boot from USB drives, so these ISO files will not work as-is.

Also, ISO files for non-Linux operating systems have a different boot

mechanism, so don't expect them to work either.

What translations are available, and how can I use them?

A number of translations are included in the latest UNetbootin release.

See the Translations Page for the status of each.

If a translation corresponding to your system's native language has

already been included into UNetbootin, it should automatically load

the corresponding translation. Alternatively, you can force the

language to use via the lang=es command-line option, where you

substitute es with the the 2-letter ISO 639-1 code for your language.

If you'd like to contribute a translation, please use Launchpad

Translations. If you are new to Launchpad, you will first have to join

the corresponding Ubuntu Translators group for the language you

intend to translate. For information on using the Launchpad

Translations system, see the translations help page.

» See UNetbootin Translations

FAQs

How does UNetbootin work, and what does it do?

For the Live USB creation mode, UNetbootin downloads and extracts

an ISO file to your USB drive, generates an appropriate syslinux

config file, and makes your USB drive bootable using syslinux.

For the Hard Disk / "frugal install" mode, UNetbootin uses a Windows

or Linux-based installer to install a small modification to the

bootloader (bootmgr and bcdedit on Vista, grldr and for

NT-based systems, and for Win9x, or GRUB on

Linux, uses the bootloader to boot the desired distribution's installer

or to load the system utility, no CD required. After the distribution has

been installed, or once done using the system utility, the modification

to the bootloader is then undone.

» See USB Drive and Hard Disk Install Modes.

» See How UNetbootin Works.

Does it have any spyware, viruses, trojans, or other malware?

No; though some anti-virus products (Kaspersky) raise

"c" warnings due to the auto-uninstall feature, these are

false positives. Just make sure you obtain UNetbootin from the official

downloads page on Sourceforge not some shady third-party source. If

you're absolutely paranoid, you can check the source code and

compile it yourself.

What is it written in, where's the source code, and how can I

compile it?

UNetbootin is written in C++, using the Qt4 toolkit. Source code is

available from the source zip package, or from the git repository on

Sourceforge, or the bzr repository on Launchpad. The Linux version is

compiled using g++, while the Windows version is cross-compiled

using mingw32. Both use a statically linked version of qt4 (to

eliminate external library dependencies). Executables are

compressed using UPX to reduce file size.

» See Compiling UNetbootin.

How can I get my distribution supported by UNetbootin?

First, try loading the ISO file via the diskimage option, and see if that

works (because UNetbootin doesn't use distribution-specific rules for

creating live USB drives, it should be able to load most Linux ISOs

as-is). If the resulting live USB doesn't boot correctly, check your

distribution's documentation, and verify that it indeed can be booted

from a standard (FAT32-formatted) USB drive. Also ensure that it

doesn't need any extra boot options or other modifications to boot

from a USB drive. If both of these are correct, you may have found a

bug, so file a bug report.

If your distribution's ISO file can already be loaded correctly via the

diskimage option, and are trying to get it added to the list of

distributions which UNetbootin can download for you, file a bug report

and provide a link to the latest release.

How can I create specialized, rebranded, distro-specific

releases?

Auto Super Grub Disk

Easy Peasy (formerly Ubuntu Eee)

FUSBi - Free USB Installer

xPUD

UNetbootin can easily be rebranded and adapted to a specific

distribution using either a plugin system, or a series of #define

statements, as seen in the unetbootin.h file within the source code. If

you are attempting to build a distro-specific version and need

additional instructions and details, would like to have your patches

merged upstream, or would like to have your custom version added to

this list, please file a bug report.

» See UNetbootin Command Line Options.

» See Building a UNetbootin Plugin.

» See Using a UNetbootin Plugin.

» See Building a Custom UNetbootin Version.

» See List of Custom UNetbootin Versions and Plugins.

How can I automate the use of UNetbootin from a script?

» See UNetbootin Command Line Options.

Where can I report bugs, request new features, get help, etc?

If you encounter errors with UNetbootin itself, first try using the

version available on this website if you obtained it from a different

source (your version may be outdated). If the problem still persists,

take note of the version of UNetbootin you're using (it's in the

filename if you downloaded it from here), the ISO file you're installing

or the distribution you're letting UNetbootin download for you, and the

OS you're on (like "Windows 7, 64-bit" or "Ubuntu 10.04, 32-bit"),

and ask a question or file a bug report, mentioning the above details.

You can also see the Ubuntu Forums (the LiveUSB installation thread

or Hard disk installation thread depending on your install mode), or

the forum on Boot Land, but only Launchpad (bugs and answers), not

the forums, are monitored by developers. However, if it's a

distribution or hardware-specific issue, file a bug report against the

distribution itself.

License and Credits

UNetbootin was created and written by Arpad and Geza Kovacs

(tuxcantfly), contact info. Translators are listed on the translations

page. UNetbootin is licensed under the GNU General Public License

(GPL) Version 2 or above. Site materials can be used, copied, modified,

and redistributed freely.