https://support.tools/categories/usb/Recent content in USB on Support ToolsHugoen-USWed, 04 Sep 2024 19:26:00 -0500https://support.tools/create-bootable-usb-dd/Wed, 04 Sep 2024 19:26:00 -0500https://support.tools/create-bootable-usb-dd/<p>Creating a bootable USB drive from an ISO file can be quickly done using the <code>dd</code> command on Linux. This method copies the ISO directly onto the USB drive, making it bootable.</p> <h3 id="the-dd-command">The dd command</h3> <p>The command below copies the content of the ISO file <code>ubuntu-24.04-desktop-amd64.iso</code> to the USB device located at <code>/dev/sdX</code>. Make sure you&rsquo;ve correctly identified the USB device to avoid overwriting critical data.</p> <div class="code-block" data-copy-label="Copy bash code, block 1"> <div class="code-block-header" data-pagefind-ignore><span class="code-block-lang">bash</span></div> <div class="highlight"><pre tabindex="0" class="chroma"><code class="language-bash" data-lang="bash"><span class="line"><span class="cl">sudo dd <span class="k">if</span><span class="o">=</span>ubuntu-24.04-desktop-amd64.iso <span class="nv">of</span><span class="o">=</span>/dev/sdX <span class="nv">bs</span><span class="o">=</span>1M <span class="nv">status</span><span class="o">=</span>progress <span class="o">&amp;&amp;</span> sudo sync</span></span></code></pre></div> </div> <p>This command does the following:</p>