Setting up a Live USB for Legacy iOS Kit

This tutorial walks you through creating a bootable USB stick using Ubuntu on a Windows PC. A bootable USB lets you install Ubuntu for Legacy iOS kit without affecting your current system.

What You'll Need:

• A 4GB or larger USB flash drive or SD card
• A Windows PC
• A Linux Mint ISO file (Download)
  
  • Most other Linux distributions are also compatible, but Linux Mint XFCE is recommended due to it running better on older PCs.
• Rufus software (Download)
  

Notes

• All data on the flash drive will be destroyed. Back up any important files you may have
• This is NOT installing Linux on your computer. It works by running Linux on the flash drive itself, while leaving your current system unaffected, similarly to a dualboot.

Steps

Flashing

1. Open Rufus and insert your flash drive and select it in the Device field.
2. In the Boot selection field, click SELECT and select the Ubuntu ISO file you downloaded.
3. Change the slider for Persistent partition size to its maximum amount.
4. In Partition scheme, Choose MBR if you have a legacy BIOS system, or GPT if you have a UEFI system. If unsure, leave it as MBR.
5. Once done, press START. If you are prompted to choose an install mode, select Write in ISO image mode, then press OK to the following popup. It may take around 5-10 minutes to install to your flash drive.

Booting into the USB

Once the process has completed, leave the flash drive connected to your computer.

1. Restart your computer and enter your BIOS or boot menu (usually by pressing F2, F12, DEL, or ESC during startup).
2. Select your flash drive in the boot menu as your boot device. You should see the Linux Mint boot menu. Select Start Linux Mint. It may take a while for the desktop to load.

You may now follow the instructions on Legacy iOS Kit's How To Use page
for Linux.