Making a bootable USB drive

Prerequisites

• The size of a USB drive is at least 8 GB.

To copy the distribution image to a USB drive on Linux

Use the dd utility:

# dd if=image.iso of=/dev/sdb

To copy the distribution image to a USB drive on Windows

1. Go to https://rufus.ie/ and download the portable version.
2. Launch Rufus.
3. In the Drive Properties section, select your flash drive from the Device drop-down menu, and then click SELECT. Then, select the distribution image from your local machine. You can also change other options, if needed.

4. Click START.

   

5. In a pop-up window, select Write in DD Image mode and click OK.