It is a great example of the Unix philosophy: an application that does one thing and does it well. Reception Ī review in Full Circle magazine in February 2021 stated, "despite the rather dated-looking interface, UNetbootin works perfectly, allowing the writing of almost any Linux or BSD distribution to a USB stick for testing or installation. Unlike Wubi, and similar to the Win32-Loader, when installing to hard disk, UNetbootin installs to a partition, not a disk image, thus creating a dual-boot setup between Linux and Windows. It takes several minutes or longer, depending on image size and hardware performance. You will see a simple application window. UNetbootin's distinguishing features are its support for a great variety of Linux distributions, its portability, its ability to load custom disk image (including ISO image) files, and its support for both Windows and Linux. Download Universal USB Installer (GPLv2) Run it. This installation mode performs a network installation or "frugal install" without a CD, similar to that performed by the Win32-Loader. Multiple installs on the same device are not supported.
Verify that this is the device you want to erase by checking its name and size and then use its identifier for the commands below instead of /dev/diskX. Open /Applications/Utilities/Terminal and list all storage devices with the command: diskutil list Your USB device will appear as something like /dev/disk2 (external, physical). Restart the system and live boot into your USB. First, you need to identify the USB device.