Startup Disk Creator

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Ubuntu's Startup Disk Creator (usb-creator) is packaged as usb-creator-gtk (GUI) or usb-creator-kde (for KDE).

Install

# GTK
sudo apt install usb-creator-gtk

# KDE
sudo apt install usb-creator-kde

Run

usb-creator-gtk

Note that if your goal is to burn an ISO to USB, there are also alternatives such as dd or ventoy:

# dd 사용 예시
sudo dd bs=4M if=ubuntu.iso of=/dev/sdX status=progress oflag=sync

Doing the same with dd

See Dd#Making it similar to usb-creator.

Troubleshooting

General fixes when USB boot does not work

See Dd#General fixes when USB boot does not work.

See also

• dd
• Etcher
• Ventoy
• Rufus
• GNOME

Favorite site

• Startup Disk Creator - Wikipedia