Ubuntu: Creating a bootable Pendrive

 In this post, I will demonstrate how to create a bootable pendrive from an .iso image on ubuntu. Creating a bootable pendrive is very easy in ubuntu. If you are using ubuntu 10.10, then goto

System->Administrator->Startup Disk Creator

Select Startup Disk Creator it will prompt for password if you are not root, enter the password and it starts. It looks like this

Startup Disk Creator

Once you have started the Startup Disk Creator follow these steps to create a bootable Pendrive:

1. click on  "other" button and select the location where you have stored the .iso file.


2. Then if you want to erase all the data on the pendrive then press on "Erase Disk" button and wait for it complete. Skip this step if already empty.


3. Select "Make Startup Disk" button.







Thats it. Once it completes you have a bootable pendrive which you may use it for

• liveCD
• installing a fresh distro installation

I have tested this for creating a bootable pendrive from ubuntu-11.04.iso on ubuntu-10.10. If you happen to use it for other distros then do post your results