How to burn .img image to bootable USB flash disk drive in linux ubuntu?

Just downloaded moblin 2.1 image file and thinking of installing it in my ACER aspire one netbook.

Since it is .img file i don't know how to burn or flash it into as a bootable USB flash drive so that i can boot my netbook with USB and install moblin. Please help

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asked by Visitor
2 years 11 weeks ago

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Ubuntu has a nice and simple .img image writer to burn your img to flash disk drive

Open a terminal and run the following command

sudo apt-get install usb-imagewriter

This will install image writer.

Goto Applicatioons - Accessories - ImageWriter and launch it.

Select a file and the flash drive and hit write. Enjoy!

answer by Visitor
2 years 11 weeks ago

Installed imagewriter and opened it and selected image to write and the program doesn't see my .iso files!

- Visitor 38 weeks 2 days ago

Yes I realize I'm a bit late.

sudo imagewriter from a terminal

you won't have root access if you run it from a menu

- Visitor 1 year 8 weeks ago

Thanks, i have tried but as soon as click on write it unmuounts the flash drive and stops there itself.

Praphulla.

- Visitor 1 year 33 weeks ago

Worked like a charm, thank you

- Visitor 2 years 11 weeks ago

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From Windows

Download the desired .img file
Download Disk Imager from https://launchpad.net/win32-image-writer/+download
Insert a USB flash drive
Note the drive letter assigned to your flash media
Start Disk Imager
Select the downloaded file and target device, and click "Write"
Remove your flash media when the operation is complete

answer by Visitor
2 years 11 weeks ago

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