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sususudio
September 25th, 2018, 11:45 PM
I installed UBUNTU as my main OS over a win 10 computer. I used rufus to create the bootable ISO USB.
Is there any similar function to rufus on ubuntu to create bootable USB drives?

oldfred
September 26th, 2018, 12:03 AM
Ubuntu suggests Start up disk creator.
https://tutorials.ubuntu.com/tutorial/tutorial-create-a-usb-stick-on-ubuntu#0

Many prefer mkusb:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/mkusb
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Win32DiskImager/iso2usb

Bit more advanced, some of us just install grub and directly boot ISO with loopmount.

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2/ISOBoot

I now typically have ISO on either or both SSD & HDD. I then can install to either drive or to any external drive directly. My USB flash drives mostly have full installs, even if for data.

And if a newer UEFI system, you do not need an installer.

If UEFI only, then can just extract ISO with 7-zip to FAT32 formatted drive with boot flag on FAT32 partition.
Will not boot in BIOS mode
UEFI only USB key, just extract ISO ( 7 zip or similar) to FAT32 formatted flash drive partition & set boot flag.
http://askubuntu.com/questions/395879/how-to-create-uefi-only-bootable-usb-live-media
UEFI only bootable flash drive
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2299040
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/iso2usb

C.S.Cameron
September 26th, 2018, 06:33 PM
+1 mkusb.
It makes a boot partition, a read only OS partition a ext2 persistence partition and a Windows/Linux compatible NTFS data partition.

SDC only uses a little space on the flash drive but makes the rest of the drive useless.