Universal USB Installer - Easy as 1 2 3
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Universal USB Installer aka UUI is a Live Linux USB Creator that allows you to choose from a selection of Linux Distributions to put on your USB Flash Drive. The Universal USB Installer is easy to use. Simply choose a Live Linux Distribution, the ISO file, your Flash Drive and, Click Install. Upon completion, you should have a ready to run bootable USB Flash Drive with your select operating system installed. Other features include; Persistence (if available) - note that casper persistence will only work with fat16 or fat32 formatted drives.
Universal USB Installer (UUI) Screenshots
Universal-USB-Installer-1.9.3.9.exe - August 1, 2013 - Changes
Update to support newer Antivir Avira Rescue System
MD5: CF47B36B71CA1EEDC203BFA21ABA7BDA
IMPORTANT NOTE: Ensure that your USB drive is Fat16/Fat32/NTFS formatted, otherwise Syslinux will fail and your drive will NOT Boot.
USB Flash Drive Creation Prerequisites:
Universal-USB-Installer-1.9.3.9.exe
Windows XP/Vista/7 or WINE to create the USB (Win 98/2K WILL NOT Work!)
*Fat16, Fat32, or NTFS Formatted Flash Drive
PC with a BIOS that can boot from USB
Your Favorite Linux ISO
Feel free to inform me of unlisted Live Linux distributions, and or version revisions for listed distributions, and I will do my best to update the UUI tool to support them.
— Latest Ubuntu 32/64 Bit —
Ubuntu 13.10 Desktop
Ubuntu 13.10 Server
Ubuntu 13.04 Desktop
Ubuntu 12.10 Desktop
Xubuntu 12.10 Desktop
Kubuntu 12.10 Desktop
Lubuntu 12.10 Desktop
Edubuntu 12.10 Desktop
Ubuntu Studio 12.10
Ubuntu Server 12.10 Installer
Ubuntu 12.04 Desktop
Ubuntu 12.04 DVD
Ubuntu 12.04 Alternate i386
Ubuntu 12.04 Alternate amd64
Xubuntu 12.04 Desktop
Kubuntu 12.04 Desktop
Lubuntu 12.04 Desktop
Edubuntu 12.04 Desktop
Mythbuntu 12.04 Desktop
Ubuntu Studio 12.04
Ubuntu Server 12.04 Installer
Blackbuntu
— Older Ubuntu 32/64 Bit —
Ubuntu 11.10 Desktop
Ubuntu 11.10 DVD
Xubuntu 11.10 Desktop
Kubuntu 11.10 Desktop
Lubuntu 11.10 Desktop
Edubuntu 11.10 Desktop
Mythbuntu 11.10 Desktop
Ubuntu Studio 11.10 Installer
Ubuntu Server 11.10 Installer
Ubuntu Rescue Remix 11.10
Ubuntu 11.04 Desktop
Xubuntu 11.04 Desktop
Kubuntu 11.04 Desktop
Lubuntu 11.04 Desktop
Edubuntu 11.04 Desktop
Mythbuntu 11.04 Desktop
Ubuntu Studio 11.04 Installer
Ubuntu Server 11.04 Installer
Ubuntu Rescue Remix 11.04
Ubuntu 10.10 Desktop
Xubuntu 10.10 Desktop
Kubuntu 10.10 Desktop
Lubuntu 10.10 Desktop
Edubuntu 10.10 Desktop
Mythbuntu 10.10 Desktop
Ubuntu Netbook Remix 10.10
Ubuntu Rescue Remix 10.10
Ubuntu 10.04.X Desktop
Xubuntu 10.04.X Desktop
Kubuntu 10.04.X Desktop
Lubuntu 10.04 Desktop
Ubuntu Netbook Remix 10.04
Ubuntu Server 10.04.X i386 Installer
Ubuntu Server 10.04.X amd64 Installer
Ubuntu Mini Remix 10.04.X
Ubuntu 9.10 Desktop
Kubuntu 9.10 Desktop
Xubuntu 9.10 Desktop
Lubuntu 9.10 Desktop
— Linux Mint 32/64 Bit —
Linux Mint 14
Linux Mint 13
Linux Mint 12 Gnome CD
Linux Mint 12 Gnome DVD
Linux Mint 12 KDE DVD
Linux Mint 12 LXDE CD
LMDE 201204 Mate/Cinnamon
LMDE 201204 XFCE
Linux Mint 11 DVD
Linux Mint 11 CD
Linux Mint 11 LXDE
— Debian Live/Netinst 32/64 Bit —
Debian Netinst
Debian Live Gnome
Debian Live Standard
Debian Live KDE
Debian Live LXDE
Debian Live XFCE
— Backtrack/Kali Versions —
Kali Linux
Backtrack 3 Final
Backtrack 4 Final
Backtrack 4 R2
Backtrack 5 5R1 5R2
Backtrack 5 R3
— Fedora 32/64 Bit —
Fedora 17/18/19 Desktop 32bit
Fedora 17/18/19 Desktop 64bit
Fedora 17/18/19 KDE 32bit
Fedora 17/18/19 KDE 64bit
Fedora 17/18/19 LXDE 32bit
Fedora 17/18/19 LXDE 64bit
Fedora 17/18/19 XFCE 32bit
Fedora 17/18/19 XFCE 64bit
Fedora 16 Desktop 32bit
Fedora 16 Desktop 64bit
Fedora 16 KDE 32bit
Fedora 16 KDE 64bit
Fedora 16 LXDE 32bit
Fedora 16 LXDE 64bit
Fedora 16 XFCE 32bit
Fedora 16 XFCE 64bit
Fedora 15 Desktop 32bit
Fedora 15 Desktop 64bit
Fedora 15 KDE 32bit
Fedora 15 KDE 64bit
Fedora 15 LXDE 32bit
Fedora 15 LXDE 64bit
Fedora 15 XFCE 32bit
Fedora 15 XFCE 64bit
Fedora 14 Desktop 32bit
— OpenSUSE Live 32/64 Bit —
OpenSUSE 12.1 GNOME i686
OpenSUSE 12.1 GNOME x64
OpenSUSE 12.1 KDE i686
OpenSUSE 12.1 KDE x64
OpenSUSE 11.4 GNOME i686
OpenSUSE 11.4 GNOME x64
OpenSUSE 11.4 KDE i686
OpenSUSE 11.4 KDE x64
OpenSUSE 11.4 LXDE i686
OpenSUSE 11.4 LXDE x64
— Puppy Linux Based —
Fatdog64
Lighthouse Puppy
Lucid Puppy
Precise Puppy
Puppy Arcade
Puppy 4.3.1
Racy Puppy
Slacko Puppy
Wary Puppy
— Linux Distros for Kids —
DouDouLinux
Qimo 4 Kids 2.0
Sugar on a Stick
— Other Distros Alphabetical —
Acronis Rescue CD
Android x86 2.2
Android x86 4.0
AntiX
ArchBang 32bit
ArchBang 64bit
ArchLinux
ArtistX
Aurora
BackBox
Baltix Linux 11.04 CD
Baltix Linux 11.04 DVD
BCCD
BlehOS
Bodhi
Boot Repair Disk
Carmedia
CentOS
Chakra
Clonezilla
Crunchbang
DBAN 2.2.X
Deft Linux
Deepin Linux
DRBL
DSL 4.4.10
Dreamlinux
Dynebolic
EASUS Disk Copy
EasyPeasy 1.6
Elementary OS
Elementary Unleashed
Feather Linux 0.7.5
Finnix
Fuduntu
Gamedrift
Gentoo 10.1 x86
Gentoo 11.0 x86
Gentoo 11.0 amd64
GRML
gOS 3.1 gadgets
GParted
Jolicloud
Kiwi 9.04
KNOPPIX V6 CD
KNOPPIX V7 DVD
KNOPPIX V7 CD
Kororaa
KXStudio 12.04
Leeenux
Liberte
LinHES
Linux XP Like
LPS
Macbuntu
Mandriva One 2011
Matriux
MCNLive Toronto
Meego
MicroCore
Netrunner
Ophcrack XP
Ophcrack Vista/7
OSGeo Live
Pardus
PartedMagic
PCLinuxOS 2010
PCLinuxOS Minime p93a
Pear OS
Peppermint One
Peppermint Ice
Peppermint Two
Peppermint Three
PING
Pinguy OS 12
Pinguy OS 11
Plasmaactive
PLoP Linux 4.1.0
Porteus 32bit
Porteus 64bit
Redo Backup
Rescatux
RIP Linux
Runt Linux 5.0
Sabayon Linux
SalineOS
Satux
Simply MEPIS 8.0.15
SLAX 7
SliTaZ 4.0
Sn0wL1nuX 11
Sn0wL1nuX 11 64bit
SolusOS
System Rescue CD
Tails
Terralinux
TinyCore 4
Trisquel
Uberstudent
Ultimate Boot CD
Ultimate Edition
WifiWay 3.4
WifiSlax
xPUD
XBMC
XBMCbuntu
StartOS
wattOS R5
Zenwalk Live
Zorin OS
— Live Antivirus Rescue CDs —
AOSS (Malware Scanner)
AVG Rescue CD
Avira Antivir Rescue Disk
Bitdefender Rescue CD
Comodo Rescue Disk
DrWeb LiveCD
F-Secure Rescue CD
G DATA Antivirus
Kaspersky Rescue Disk
Panda Safe CD
Trinity Rescue Kit
— Other or Non Linux Based Software —
Hiren's Boot CD
Kon-Boot
Windows Vista Installer
Windows 7 Installer
Windows 8 Installer
— Try to use an Unsupported ISO —
Try Unlisted Linux ISO
More Live Linux Distributions will be added as time permits. Feel free to contact me to submit recommendations.
If you're using Universal-USB-Installer-1.9.3.9.exe and you still receive Insane primary (MBR) partition notices,
Insane primary (MBR) partition. Can't find myself on the drive I booted from
Your USB drive may be improperly formatted, contains more than one partition or MBR, or your BIOS is not properly detecting the USB drive and it's firmware needs to be updated. You can try these methods to Format and Restore your USB Drive
My PC wont Boot from my Flash Drive, but supports USB boot!
Many Flash Drives ship USB-FDD formatted and some systems will not detect or even boot USB-FDD. I have found that most systems can however boot USB-ZIP, and or USB-HDD. If you are having a hard time getting your BIOS to detect your flash drive, you can try to format it as USB-HDD or USB-ZIP using BOOTICE (GET IT HERE), and then proceed to use Universal USB Installer to put your chosen Distro on USB.
OTHER IMPORTANT NOTES:
If you're running a Windows Vista or 7 Installer from your USB, after the first reboot, remove the flash drive and let the pc complete from the hard disk.
When browsing for an ISO, UUI will only display ISO Files that match exactly what the tool is asking for. For example, if you chose to install Ubuntu 10.10 Desktop i386, you should not expect the tool to display your ubuntu-10.10-netbook-i386.iso as you have not chosen to install the netbook variant.
Auto Detection: If you run Universal USB Installer from the same directory containing an installable ISO, the script should Auto Detect the ISO and bypass step 2.
* Although you can use an NTFS formatted USB, Ubuntu based "persistence" features will only work with a Fat16 or Fat32 formatted drive. Additionally some Linux Distributions will not boot from an NTFS formatted USB.
This tool does not support installing and booting from multiple Linux Distributions. Only One Distribution can be installed per USB drive. However, the YUMI Multiboot USB Creator can be used to create a Multi System USB Device.
To try an unlisted ISO, I.E. "Ubuntu 9.10", choose one of the the last two options in Step 1, "Try Unlisted Linux ISO". Please inform me of unlisted "Linux ISOs" you get to work via these options, and I'll add them.
NOTE: OpenSUSE 12.2 and 12.3 versions will not work with UUI!
Resolved as of version 1.8.8.3 ->: *OpenSUSE will only work with some USB drives with this installer. A limit imposed by the use of MBRID to locate configuration files, instead of by drive LABEL or UUID. However, if you receive a boot error stating "No Devices Matches MBR Identifier", you may be able to fix it from a running Linux environment.
Fix the OpenSUSE "No Devices Matches MBR Identifier" error:
Plug in your OpenSUSE USB
Open a terminal, type sudo su and press enter
Type fdisk -l and press enter
Copy the 0x######## Disk Identifier listed to the mbrid file located at boot/grub/mbrid
Another approach that I have heard works occasionally when this fails, is to simply enter 0×00000000 into the mbrid file.
Ubuntu Server "Failed to copy file from CD-ROM" Error (should be resolved now).
UUI will run in WINE under Linux. A dedicated Linux based method is planned (let me know if you are willing to port UUI to Linux). You can also visit the "How to install Linux from a Linux CD" section for Live CD based USB Linux installation tutorials, or use another Linux USB Creator.
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