#Unetbootin old version install#
#Unetbootin old version update#

#Unetbootin old version install#

It's one of Puppy's strengths.! Yes, you can install any Linux distro to a USB drive if you want to.but where most of them fall short is the constant reading/writing to & from the stick because as far as the OS is concerned, it's been installed to a hard drive in the normal way. It's a God-send to anyone who finds themselves in such a situation.Īlso, Puppy is one of only a handful of distros actually designed to run from a USB as standard. They're very good at what they're designed to do. The same applies to the other USB installers out there Pendrive Linux, isobooter, Window's Rufus, Multi-Boot, etc. Where it does come into its own is in allowing anyone who owns a modern netbook (or similar), who doesn't have a CD/DVD drive, to try a 'live' distro out.and to then install it if you want to. That will install Puppy to USB as a 'frugal' UNetbootin can't do that. It was not designed to install Puppy, or any other distro, to a drive in the way that the Universal installer will. It'll install an iso file to a USB stick, which is what it was designed to do. Start Unetbootin from the console by using this command.ĭancytron wrote:Why would you want to use this instead of the built in Puppy Universal Installer?ĭon't forget, UNetbootin is not really an installer, as such. Sometimes you have to force the issue with Unetbootin. If Unetbootin is not finding your USB drive. Adding repository is necessary for updates and support for older versions of Ubuntu.

#Unetbootin old version update#

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gezakovacs/ppa sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install unetbootin. It can be moved to the desktop if you want to run it from there. Using these few commands, downloading and running it will work. I just did not really see a need to make a pet, seeing how it is already an exec file and only a single file. May need to install a version of mtools you can get from the Puppy Package Manager. Now left click on the Unetbootin file to run it. Right click on the Unetbootin file and select properties. It is an exec file, but it needs to be given the exec permission. You do not really install Unetbootin into Puppy.ĭownload the Linux version of Unetbootin. UNetbootin can create a bootable Live USB drive, or it can make a 'frugal install' on your local hard disk.įollow the directions for using an iso file you have already downloaded.