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Introduction |
| '''Supported operating systems:''' Linux | | '''What this guide accomplishes:''' Making a USB drive bootable to install Linux on systems without an optical drive. | | [https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6HsFZ5508HPazYtemRyWlY4Q1E/view?usp=sharing|Legacy guide with DVD burning steps] | | ++ '''Guide notes:''' ++ | * This guide favors NEW USB drives because of cost reasonshow cheap they are. Reuse of an olderReusing a drive is fineokay, but it should be formatted prior to usebefore using it for a boot drive.
* The updatedcurrent version of this guide does not supportprovide steps on how to burn the ISO to DVD burning. The reason for this isMost systems without optical drives included as a standard feature. This is especially prevalent ondo not have USB boot issues and many laptops made witihnwithin the past 5 years.
* The main reason for dropping DVD support is USB no longer include internal optical drives are reusable and can be formatted. This is not the case with most DVD media is also typically single use.
* If you purchased your laptop used to find the optical drive failed, this can be used in lieu ofoption is more practical then replacing the optical drive in many scenarios. | | ++ '''IF YOUR SYSTEM HAS TROUBLE BOOTING FROM USB DIRECTLY:''' ++ | '''Note:''' This problem typically only comes up for users withon older hardware or systems with buggy BIOS USB boot supportBIOSes. Most systems are NOT affectedwill never have a problem with this. | If your system that has trouble booting from USB media directly, a CD boot manager can be used as a workaroundto get around these problems. These guides coverwill show you what your options are (along with how to use the boot manager optionburn them to CD): | | [https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/How+to+use+PlopKexec+%28Subguide%29/54074|PlopKExec] | | [https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/How+to+use+Plop+Boot+Manager+(Subguide)/54031|Plop Boot Manager] |
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