] Create a bootable Linux USB from Windows If you are running Windows, your best bet is to use rufus, a free and open source USB writing tool.

Perhaps they referenced this guide to create a bootable Live USB on Windows, allowing them to test drive something like Ubuntu without making any changes to their PC.

YUMI Multiboot USB Creator allows you to create a Multi-Boot USB Flash Drive easily. Create Multiboot USB Flash Drive containing multiple operating systems, antivirus utilities, disc cloning ...

We usually use Unetbootin to create a bootable thumb drive from a Linux ISO, but it turns out you don't even need a thumb drive if you want to boot the live CD on the same computer that has ...

My plan was to create the img of the disk, and use mkisofs to create a bootable linux CD from it. However I'm stuck between 'how to turn installation into file you can make an iso' part.