Ubuntu Documentation Team
Convert a USB flash drive into a volume from which you can startup and install Ubuntu.
Create a startup disk
In this context a startup disk is a USB flash drive from which you can startup and install Ubuntu.
The capacity of the USB flash drive must be at least 2 GB.
Any data on the USB flash drive will be lost when you create the startup disk.
It's assumed that you have downloaded an Ubuntu ISO image.
To create a startup disk from an Ubuntu ISO image:
-
Open Startup Disk Creator via the Activities search bar.
-
If the ISO image is in your Download folder and there is just one ISO image, Startup Disk Creator will have selected it,
otherwise select the correct ISO image.
-
If your computer has just one USB flash drive, Startup Disk Creator will have selected it, otherwise select the correct drive.
-
Click Make Startup Disk.
-
Click Yes to confirm. The process should take ten minutes or less.
-
When the "Installation Complete" window opens click Quit.