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hope someone can shed some light on this.

I'm trying to create a USB boot for Ubuntu to replace windows on my laptop. I have done this before on a Windows pc,however the only device I have to create the USB at present is my android tablet.

Is it possible to create the USB for a windows laptop from an android tablet?

Thanks.

Paul
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  • You have a USB on-the-go cable and enough space in the tablet for a Ubuntu iso? – Rael Gugelmin Cunha Feb 18 '16 at 20:03
  • Yeah I have plenty of space, I'm using a 4 gig USB and I've got about 9 gig free on my Xperia tablet. – Paul Feb 18 '16 at 20:39
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    Possible duplicate of [Installing Ubuntu Using Cell Phone Only](https://askubuntu.com/questions/925400/installing-ubuntu-using-cell-phone-only) – karel Oct 26 '19 at 16:06

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Use an app that emulates a terminal on your android device (look in the market) to issue the dd tool to write a downloaded iso to your usb or sd-card.

dd if=/path/to/ubuntu.iso of=/dev/yourusborsdcard

be careful however, this can damage your tablet data if handled improperly. always use a usb/sd-card without any important data on it.

edit: a terminal emulator like this one

HATEthePLOT
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Aside the HATEthePLOT answer, you can use DriveDroid (requires root):

With it, you can use your own phone as a bootable device.

It even has a friendly menu where you can select a distro to download:

DriveDroid download distro menu

Rael Gugelmin Cunha
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