Create bootable USB install image from command line?
- by j-g-faustus
I'm trying to create a bootable USB image to install Ubuntu on a new computer.
I have done this before following the "create USB drive" instructions for Ubuntu desktop, but I don't have an Ubuntu desktop available.
How can I do the same using only the command line?
Things I've tried:
Create bootable USB on Mac OS X following the ubuntu.com "create USB drive" instructions for Mac: Doesn't boot.
usb-creator: According to apt-cache search usb-creator and Wikipedia usb-creator only exists as a graphical tool.
"Create manually" instructions at help.ubuntu.com: None of the files and directories described (e.g. casper, filesystem.manifest, menu.lst) exist in the ISO image, and I don't know what has replaced them.
(At my disposal is Mac OS X and Ubuntu server; I have neither Ubuntu desktop nor Windows.)