How to create a bootable Linux USB drive
How to create a bootable Linux USB drive
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If you want to install Linux on a desktop, you'll first have to create a bootable USB drive with your distribution of choice.
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If you're already on linux there is no need to install special tools. Simply copy the iso directly to the USB device.
dd if=distribution.iso of=/dev/sdX bs=1M && sync
21 0 ReplyYou can do the same with
cp
too. Also safer.But I use Ventoy nowadays.
8 0 Replyoflag=sync also works instead of && sync. Might as well drop a status=progress in there too
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