what is the simplest way to burn an iso to a usb

[nick58]

thank you

[monkeybrain20122]

On Windows use something like LILI http://www.linuxliveusb.com/ or unetbootin. On Linux multisystem http://liveusb.info/dotclear/index.php?pages/install or unetbootin or the startup disk creator on Ubuntu.. The last one is only for Ubuntu iso.

[squakie]

monkeybrain20122 mentioned several including one that is normally recommended - a semi "standard" - unetbootin. It runs on many OS's - Windows, Linux, Mac (if I'm remembering correctly), etc.. So the experience is the same across any platforms. It's simple to use, and you can point it to an ISO if you have downloaded one, or you can select what you want right in the unetbootin.

[Bucky Ball]

... and remember to format the USB to FAT32 before using UNetbootin, if you go that way.

[sudodus]

I find it easy to use mkusb according to this

Ubuntu Forums tutorial "Howto make USB boot drives"

You get general instructions and a lot of links at this Ubuntu wiki page

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/In...n/FromUSBStick

and there is a detailed help page for Unetbootin at this link

Paul Sutton's Unetbootin how to

[asus-user]

After I tried many programs to create bootable usb, I found out that unetbootin is best.

[C.S.Cameron]

UNetbootin has a bit ugly startup screen, I prefer Startup Disk Creator from the Live CD.
Either way you can remove the Try/Install screen by replacing the contents of syslinux.cfg with:

    default persistent
    label persistent
      say Booting a persistent Ubuntu session...
      kernel /casper/vmlinuz
      append  file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper persistent initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash noprompt --

for 64bit use "vmlinuz.efi"

[Jason_Gibson]

sudo dd if=/path/to/iso of=/dev/sdX oflag=direct bs=1M

Don't need special programs to do it, it's built in.

[sudodus]

Yes, dd is very powerful, but there is a reason why it is nicknamed 'disk destroyer'. The shell-script mkusb uses dd under the hood, and help you doing it safely.

[NM5TF]

Yes, dd is very powerful, but there is a reason why it is nicknamed 'disk destroyer'. The shell-script mkusb uses dd under the hood, and help you doing it safely.

+100

there is a current thread about a guy that wiped his HDD using dd....

proceed with MUCH caution !!!

I have never had any problems using Start Up Disk Creator...

YMMV

tommy