How to create a bootable Linux USB drivesoloojos (Lemmy)@feddit.cl to Linux@lemmy.ml – 183 points – 5 months agozdnet.com82Post a CommentPreviewYou are viewing a single commentView all commentsIf 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 && syncYou can do the same with cp too. Also safer. But I use Ventoy nowadays.oflag=sync also works instead of && sync. Might as well drop a status=progress in there toocat works as well.
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 && syncYou can do the same with cp too. Also safer. But I use Ventoy nowadays.oflag=sync also works instead of && sync. Might as well drop a status=progress in there toocat works as well.
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
catworks as well.