Generating a bootable USB flash drive for Kerio Control software appliances

Kerio Control in the Software ApplianceA special operating system designed to run on a computer. edition is distributed as an installation CD ISO image. The ISO image can be used also to generate a bootable USB flash drive.

Please follow the instructions according to your operating system:

Windows

1. Insert the USB flash drive into a USB port on your computer.
2. Download the kerio-control-installer.iso file.
3. Download and unpack Image Writer (it does not require installation).
4. In Image Writer, find the kerio-control-installer.iso file, select your flash drive and click Write.
5. Eject the flash drive securely and remove it from your computer.

Linux

1. Insert the USB flash drive into a USB port on your computer.
2. Run the terminal (console) in the super-user mode (e.g. using commands su or sudo -s — depending on your Linux distribution).
3. Use the command fdisk -l to detect the USB flash drive name (e.g. /dev/sdb).
4. Save the drive image to the USB flash drive using this command: dd if=kerio-control-installer.iso of=/dev/sdx bs=1M and replacekerio-control-installer.iso with the real file name and/dev/sdx with the actual device name. It is necessary to enter the physical device (e.g. /dev/sdx), not only a partition (e.g. /dev/sdx1).
5. Use command sync to guarantee finishing all drive operations.
6. Eject the USB drive safely and remove it from the USB port.

OS X

1. Insert the USB flash drive into a USB port on your computer.
2. Run the terminal (Applications > Utilities > Terminal).
3. Use the command sudo diskutil list to detect the USB flash drive name (e.g. /dev/diskX or/dev/DiskY — mind the letter case).
4. Use the command sudo diskutil unmountDisk /dev/diskXto unmount the flash drive. This is case sensitive.
5. Save the drive image file to the USB flash drive by using this command: sudo dd if=kerio-control-installer.iso of=/dev/disk1 bs=1m and replace kerio-control-installer.iso with the real file name and /dev/diskX with the actual device name.
6. Eject the flash drive securely and remove it from your computer.