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Creating Bootable Linux USB Drive from the Command Line - john meister 5 July 2022

################################################################################# # download Linux MINT MATE iso: https://www.linuxmint.com/ (HIGHLY RECOMMEND MATE - avoid Cinnamon - has more issues) ################################################################################# ### identify thumb drive using either or: ## sudo blkid ## sudo fdisk -l # sudo blkid # /dev/sdb1: LABEL="LINUX" UUID="517D-0075" TYPE="vfat" PARTUUID="dbc085da-01" ### if device is mounted: # sudo umount /dev/sdb1 ### burn iso to thumbdrive: ### sudo dd bs=4M if=/path/to/MINT.iso of=/dev/sdx status=progress oflag=sync # sudo dd bs=4M if=/home/luser/linuxmint-20.3-mate-64bit.iso of=/dev/sdb1 status=progress oflag=sync ################################################################################# ## ## Alternate bs and use of dd: ## ## sudo blkid | sort ## ## burn iso to thumbdrive: ## sudo dd of=/dev/sdc bs=262144 if=linuxmint-18-mate-64bit.iso ## 6477+0 records in ## 6477+0 records out ## 1697906688 bytes (1.7 GB, 1.6 GiB) copied, 414.358 s, 4.1 MB/s ## ## Alternate OPTION in Linux MINT: ## ## Right-click the ISO file and select Make Bootable USB Stick, ## or launch Menu --> Accessories --> USB Image Writer. ## ################################################################################# ------------------------------------------------ --> sudo blkid /dev/sdb1: PARTUUID="dbc085da-01" ------------------------------------------------ --> sudo dd bs=4M if=/home/luser/linuxmint-20.3-mate-64bit.iso of=/dev/sdb1 status=progress oflag=sync ------------------------------------------------ --> sudo blkid /dev/sdb1: UUID="2022-01-04-18-35-28-00" LABEL="Linux Mint 20.3 MATE 64-bit" TYPE="iso9660" PTUUID="3b769de0" PTTYPE="dos" PARTUUID="dbc085da-01" ------------------------------------------------ ################################################################################# ### suspect the bs or a flag was wrong as this didn't work, reimaged using the image writer above ### however this worked creating an image for GHOST & ANTI-X ## sudo dd if=GhostBSD-22.01.12.iso of=/dev/sdc bs=4M ## and this worked when created on a mac: ### sudo dd bs=4096 if=/Users/john/linuxmint-20-mate-64bit.iso of=/dev/disk3 ## YMMV ################################################################################# ## change path to iso - change dev name as needed ################################################################################# # ON MAC: ## sudo diskutil unmount /dev/disk ## sudo dd bs=4096 if=/Users/luser/linuxmint-20.3-mate-64bit.iso of=/dev/disk ###################################################################################

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