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How to create a bootable Linux USB drive (www.zdnet.com)

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[–] [email protected] 41 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (29 children)

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.

https://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.

https://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?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 months ago (2 children)

some distros have it built into it like Mint I was able to create a bookable drive of also mint

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago

Neat, I wasn't aware of that for Mint.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

I think I destroyed a USB stick back in the day doing this shit. be careful they don't lock the stick and if they do make sure you use the program to wipe the stick ASAP before you forget what program you used to make it.

I have a ventoy stick for this exact reason, just copy iso to stick, no need to burn a new one every time.

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