Take your Favorite Portable Linux Desktop with you!
Make a Bootable USB and Run Linux from a Flash Drive.
Recommended YUMI – Multiboot USB Creator Updated: June 6, 2021
Legacy Classic Universal USB Installer – UUI Updated: June 6, 2021
Easily install your favorite Linux operating system on a bootable USB flash drive. Take your portable Linux with you to run from any computer that can boot from a USB device. You can also Boot Multiple ISO files from a flash drive by using tools like YUMI. Multibooting allows you to store and then boot multiple Linux operating systems, Windows installers, diagnostic utilities, antivirus scanners, penetration testing, backup tools, and more, all from the same device. Resulting in your very own custom USB bootable diagnostic tool kit that will fit in your pocket.
Helping You Make Linux Boot from USB since 2006
Pendrivelinux provides simplified information to make it easy for anyone to install, USB boot, and then run their favorite Distros and tools from a flash drive.
Tools to Create a Bootable USB Flash Drive
The following software can help you quickly create a bootable flash drive. Making it easy to install, boot, and then run Linux from USB.
- YUMI - Multiboot USB Creator
- Universal USB Installer - Easy as 1 2 3
- Write IMG or ISO to USB - Win32 Disk Imager
- Etcher - USB ISO Burner and Clone Tool
- Ventoy Multiboot Bootable USB Tool
- Boot DOS from USB - RUFUS
- Using UNetbootin to create a Linux USB from Linux
- SARDU - Multiboot USB Creator (Windows)
- MultiSystem - Create a MultiBoot USB from Linux
- LiveUSB Install - Live USB Creator
- XBOOT - Multiboot ISO USB Creator Windows
- Linux Live USB Creator (LiLi) from Windows
- Using UNetbootin to create a Live Linux USB
- Using the Fedora USB Creator from Windows
Virtual Machine Emulation – Run Linux in Windows
Using Virtual Machine Emulation to run Linux from inside Windows.
Create a Linux Bootable Flash Drive from Windows
Creating a Linux Bootable Flash Drive from within Windows.
- Make an exFAT Bootable USB Flash Drive
- Install GRUB2 on USB from Windows
- Put Mandriva on a USB Flash Drive (Windows)
- Put Lucid Puppy on USB Flash Drive from Windows
- Install GParted on USB Flash Drive using Windows
- Put System Rescue CD on USB using Windows
- Run Linux Mint from a USB Flash Drive
- Put Lubuntu on a Flash Drive using Windows
- Put Kubuntu on a USB from Windows
- Put Xubuntu on a Flash Drive with Windows
- Put Ubuntu on USB using Windows
- Install Wolvix to a Flash Drive using Windows
- Install DBAN to a USB Flash Drive using Windows
- Install Puppy Arcade to a Flash Drive from Windows
- Run Ubuntu Server Edition from USB
- Install Ubuntu Rescue Remix to a Flash Drive
- Put Gentoo Live DVD on USB from Windows
- Install Knoppix to a USB Flash Drive in Windows
- Create a USB Bootable RIP Linux from Windows
- Install SliTaz to USB from Windows
- Install Clonezilla on USB
- Install Simply MEPIS 8 to a Flash Drive in Windows
- Install SLAX to a Flash Drive from Windows
- Install Kiwi Linux to a Flash Drive from Windows
- Install Debian Live to a Flash Drive from Windows
- Create a USB Bootable Sugar on a Stick Flash Drive
- Install Eeebuntu to a Flash Drive from Windows
- Install Parted Magic to a Flash Drive in Windows
- Install xPUD to a Flash Drive from Windows
- Install Moblin to a Flash Drive from Windows
- Install CrunchBang Linux to a Flash Drive in Windows
- Ophcrack Windows Password Recovery from USB
- Install CentOS 5 to a USB Flash Drive in Windows
- Make a gOS USB Flash Drive using Windows
- Make Backtrack (KALI) Linux USB Bootable
- Creat a bootable USB Ophcrack in Windows
- Install Damn Small Linux to a Flash Drive in Windows
- Install PCLinuxOS to a Flash Drive in Windows
- Create a USB Bootable Ultimate Boot CD (UBCD)
- Install Feather Linux to a Flash Drive from Windows
- Create a USB Bootable Runt Linux from Windows
USB Linux Flash Drive Creation from a Live CD
How to Create a USB Bootable Flash Drive from a Live Linux CD/DVD.
- Creating a Kubuntu Live USB from CD
- Creating an Xubuntu Live USB from CD
- Create Ubuntu Bootable USB from CD
- Put Linux Mint on USB from CD
- Create a DreamLinux Bootable USB from CD
- Create a MEPIS 8 USB Key using the Live CD
- Install MoonOS LXDE to a Flash Drive using the CD
- Create a Knoppix Bootable USB using the CD
- Create a CrunchBang Linux Bootable USB from CD
- Install Portable gOS 3 to a Flash Drive from the CD
- Install STUX Linux to a USB Flash Drive using the CD
- Install SUSE to a USB Flash Drive using the CD
- Install PCLinuxOS MiniMe 2008 to Flash Drive via CD
- Install NimbleX to a Flash Drive using the CD
- Install MCNLive to a USB Thumb Drive using the CD
- Install Puppy Linux on USB using the CD
