Write linux bootable USB
Created:
A lot of distros have some sort of live-USB creator pre-installed. But not all, and sometimes that creator doesn’t allow other distros images to be made.
So, it’s much faster just to use the terminal than search for a good USB maker and install it.
Commands used.
sudo fdisk -l
readlink -f [FILE]
sudo dd bs=4M if=[PATH/TO/IMAGE] of=/dev/sd[letter] status=progress oflag=sync
Find the path of the inserted USB-key.
sudo fdisk -l
Example, usually /dev/sdb is the path of the USB-key.
$ sudo fdisk -l
# ...
Disk /dev/sdb: 7,47 GiB, 8019509248 bytes, 15663104 sectors
Disk model: USB Flash Drive
# ...
Full path of the file.
readlink -f [FILE]
Example, first I downloaded Kubuntu 20.04 image.
~
$ cd Downloads/
~/Downloads
$ ls
kubuntu-20.04.3-desktop-amd64.iso
~/Downloads
$ readlink -f kubuntu-20.04.3-desktop-amd64.iso
/home/diogenes/Downloads/kubuntu-20.04.3-desktop-amd64.iso
Write Live-USB. The USB-key must be unmounted.
sudo dd bs=4M if=[PATH/TO/IMAGE] of=/dev/sd[letter] status=progress oflag=sync
Example.
sudo dd bs=4M if=/home/diogenes/Downloads/kubuntu-20.04.3-desktop-amd64.iso
of=/dev/sdb status=progress oflag=sync