How to create a bootable Linux USB drive
How to create a bootable Linux USB drive
If you want to install Linux on a desktop, you'll first have to create a bootable USB drive with your distribution of choice. Don't worry. It's easy.Jack Wallen (ZDNET)
Snot Flickerman
in reply to soloojos (Lemmy) • • •Any "How To" that doesn't just use Rufus isn't worth the page its text is rendered on. Rufus can do Linux boot disks, but is indispensable for Windows boot disk utilities. It's one of the only ways I know of to make a Windows ToGo installation (equivalent of a Linux Live USB), which I used to install Windows on a friends SD card for their Steam Deck so they can dual-boot.
rufus.ie/en/
If you're looking to make a Linux boot USB from Linux itself, BalenaEtcher is probably a better bet since Rufus is Windows-only.
github.com/balena-io/etcher
I've noticed there's tons of how-to's for making a bootable disk on Windows, hardly any for Linux. Perhaps we ought to remedy that?
GitHub - balena-io/etcher: Flash OS images to SD cards & USB drives, safely and easily.
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in reply to Snot Flickerman • • •Nanook
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