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UNetbootin (Universal Netboot Installer) is a cross-platform utility that can create Live USB systems and can load a variety of system utilities or install various Linux distributions and other operating systems without a CD.)

USB Install Mode

This installation mode creates bootable USB flash drives and bootable USB Hard Disk Drives; it is a Live USB creator.

    * Cross-platform (available for Windows and Linux)
    * Non-destructive install (does not format the device) using Syslinux.
    * Supports mainstream Linux distributions, including, but not limited to, Ubuntu, Fedora, openSUSE, CentOS, Debian, Gentoo, Linux Mint, Arch Linux, Mandriva, Mepis, Slackware as well as FreeDOS, FreeBSD and NetBSD.
    * Can load a variety of system utilities, including, but not limited to, Oph***, BackTrack, and Gujin.
    * Other operating systems can be loaded via pre-downloaded ISO image or custom kernel, initrd and floppy/hard drive disk image files.
    * Automatically detects all removable devices.

UNetbootin on Ubuntu (Linux)
[edit] Hard Drive Install Mode

This installation mode performs a network installation or "frugal install" without a CD, similar to that performed by the Win32-Loader.

UNetbootin's distinguishing features are its support for a great variety of Linux distributions, its portability, its ability to load custom kernel, initial ramdisk and disk image (including ISO image) files, and its support for both Windows and Linux.[1] 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.