![]() ![]() You can either let UNetbootin download one of the many distributions supported out-of-the-box for you, or supply your own Linux. allows you to create bootable Live USB drives for Ubuntu, Fedora, and other Linux distributions without burning a CD. ![]() Now, if you follow the instructions on the Ubuntu site for OS X (or, for that matter, for Windows or for Ubuntu) on how to do this and, particularly if you’re on OS X, you will most likely find yourself going down “a maze of twisty little passages, all alike” from which there is no escape because there’s one detail about older hardware (“older” being just four years) that’s missing … which I’ll explain in a moment.įirst, I’d suggest ignoring all of the downloading and command line stuff that the Ubuntu site tells you to do sure, you can probably get the job done that way but there’s a GUI tool that makes the process much easier. Sony Corp.Īs there was no CD/DVD drive and the internal drive had been replaced with a new and OS-free one, then obviously the new OS was going to have to be loaded from a USB drive. It came with Windows 7 Starter Edition (32-Bit) which, given its processor, meant that it ran on the ragged edge of exhaustion for most tasks so Ubuntu was a highly desirable alternative. Finally, you can start the process, wait a few moments for it to finish, and you will have your bootable drive ready.First of all, the machine I was installing on was a Sony VPCM121AX which has an Intel Atom N470 Processor, a measly 1GB of RAM, a 250GB drive, 10Base-T/100Base-TX Ethernet, 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth v3. If all went well, you will see the Unetbootin graphical interface to select the ISO image of the operating system you want to transfer to the USB, the USB drive you want to use (it must be empty, if it has something make a backup, since it will be formatted during the process and everything will be erased), and other parameters that Unetbootin supports.
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