soloojos (Lemmy) to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish • 2 months agoHow to create a bootable Linux USB drivewww.zdnet.comexternal-linkmessage-square74fedilinkarrow-up1188
arrow-up1188external-linkHow to create a bootable Linux USB drivewww.zdnet.comsoloojos (Lemmy) to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish • 2 months agomessage-square74fedilink
minus-square@someonesmall@lemmy.mllinkfedilink21•edit-22 months agoIf 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
minus-square@gr3q@lemmy.mllinkfedilink8•edit-22 months agoYou can do the same with cp too. Also safer. But I use Ventoy nowadays.
minus-square@Krtek@feddit.delinkfedilink6•2 months agooflag=sync also works instead of && sync. Might as well drop a status=progress in there too
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
You can do the same with
cptoo. Also safer.But I use Ventoy nowadays.
oflag=sync also works instead of && sync. Might as well drop a status=progress in there too