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Introduction |
If you are unsure how to write an ISO to a USB flash drive, this guide will show you how to use Rufus to accomplishdo this taskusing Rufus. USB boot is used in lieu of optical media. This can be because the system didMany modern systems do not come withinclude an internal optical drive and require a USB drive or the optical drive theto boot operating system cameinstallation media.
== Read this for other operating systems ==
'''Important: OSes without USB support are not guaranteed to work.'''
This guide was originally written just for Linux. It can be used with has failed andany operating system with USB boot support. '''For operating systems other then Linux, you are on your own finding the previous owner did not replace the optical drive or the current owner does not wantcorrect ISO to purchase a USB optical drive and has chosen not to replace the driveuse.''' | | === Read this if you plan on using this tool with another operating system.++Guide notes++ ===
When this guide was written, it was written with the intention of using used for Linux exclusively. However, Rufis can be used with any compatible operation system which supports USB boot. '''Support for older operating systems without USB boot support is not guaranteed. Obscure operating systems (Ex: ReactOS) may not work if the image is written with Rufus.'''*
this guide for this purpose,a USB drive you will need to locate the image and any tools needed to make this work yourself. However, it is possible.'''
=== Guide notes ===
* New USB drives are inexpensive. If you still want to reuse an existing drivehave, format it outside of Rufus firstbefore use.'''
* '''CD/DVD creation hasis not been covered for a whilein this guide. If you need instructions on how to do thisthis version, [https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6HsFZ5508HPazYtemRyWlY4Q1E/view?usp=sharing|referRefer to the original version of this guide].'''
* '''This guide is on it's 3rd major iterarion due a complete UX change in Rufusrevision 3.x. The final version (Revision If you need to use 2.0) coveringRufus 2.x, refer to can be[https://drive.google.com/open?id=1huW_2PpgR-RZzwKQe0wRlb5ZFsovFSZG|revision 2]found here.''' |
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