Q1071107
Sign in to saveUNetbootin ("Universal Netboot Installer") is a cross-platform utility that can create live USB systems and can load a variety of system utilities or install various Linux distributions and other operating systems without a CD.
Key facts
- Software.name
- UNetbootin
- Software.logo
- File:UNetbootin icon.svg
- Software.screenshot
- File:UNetbootin_702_Interface.png
- Software.caption
- UNetbootin version 702 on Void Linux
- Software.author
- Geza Kovacs
- Software.programming language
- C++ (Qt 4/5)
- Software.operating system
- Microsoft Windows, macOS, Linux
- Software.genre
- Live USB
- Software.license
- GNU GPL version 2 or later
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- Modes
- USB install
- Hard drive install
- Reception
- See also
- References
- External links
UNetbootin ("Universal Netboot Installer") is a cross-platform utility that can create live USB systems and can load a variety of system utilities or install various Linux distributions and other operating systems without a CD.
== Modes == === USB install === This installation mode creates bootable USB flash drives and bootable USB hard disk drives; it is a live USB creator. Cross-platform (available for Windows, Linux and Mac OS X) Non-destructive install (does not format the device) using Syslinux. Supports mainstream Linux distributions, such as Ubuntu, Fedora, openSUSE, CentOS, Gentoo, Linux Mint, Arch Linux, Mandriva, MEPIS, Slackware as well as FreeDOS, FreeBSD and NetBSD. Can load a variety of system utilities, such as Ophcrack, BackTrack. Other operating systems can be loaded via pre-downloaded ISO image or floppy/hard drive disk image files. Automatically detects all removable devices. Supports LiveUSB persistence (preserving files across reboots; this feature is for Ubuntu only)
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