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minus-square someonesmall ( @someonesmall@lemmy.ml ) linkfedilink19•edit-25 months agoIf you’re already on linux there is no need to install special tools. Simply copy the iso directly to the USB device. dd if=distribution.iso of=/dev/sdX bs=1M && sync
minus-square gr3q ( @gr3q@lemmy.ml ) linkfedilink6•edit-25 months agoYou can do the same with cp too. Also safer. But I use Ventoy nowadays.
minus-square Krtek ( @Krtek@feddit.de ) linkfedilink5•5 months agooflag=sync also works instead of && sync. Might as well drop a status=progress in there too
If you’re already on linux there is no need to install special tools. Simply copy the iso directly to the USB device.
dd if=distribution.iso of=/dev/sdX bs=1M && sync
You can do the same with
cp
too. Also safer.But I use Ventoy nowadays.
oflag=sync also works instead of && sync. Might as well drop a status=progress in there too