Post by Pepps on Dec 8, 2014 0:17:50 GMT -5
Setting up a bootable USB in linux is actually pretty straightforward and has two different options.
GUI:
Command Line:
note: you might need to run dd or the GUI tool your using as root. either use the "sudo" command or login as root (if your distribution allows it) to run the command.
GUI:
- Download your linux distribution of choice
- ImageWriter should be available for installation from your distribution's Software Center / Software Manager / Package Manager / repositories. Once Imagewriter has been downloaded and installed, ensure that your USB stick is plugged in before starting it.
- Click on the center icon
- Navigate to where the ISO image has been saved and select it
- Ensure that your USB device has been selected from the drop-down menu
- Click on the Write button
- Reboot your system
Command Line:
- Download your linux distribution of choice
- Open up a terminal
- type the following command to determine the name given to your USB stick
lsblk -fyour results should look a bit like this
(in this case my USB drive is sdb1) - now type the following command to run the dd command to make the USB bootable
dd bs=4M if=/path/to/distrobution.iso of=/dev/sd[drive letter] - The dd command will not print any results until it is done and it might take some time depending on the speed of USB drive you are using.
note: you might need to run dd or the GUI tool your using as root. either use the "sudo" command or login as root (if your distribution allows it) to run the command.