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Bootable media isn't that difficult. You need the right tool. Not sure what's current on Windows; I used Etchdroid recently. And you need a spare USB drive. Tha
by inigyou 3mo ago
Bootable media isn't that difficult. You need the right tool. Not sure what's current on Windows; I used Etchdroid recently. And you need a spare USB drive. That's the most annoying part. And you need to download the OS. And then you use the tool to put the OS on the drive.
- ndsipa_pomu 3mo agoI find that Rufus (https://rufus.ie/en/ https://rufus.ie/en/) is excellent for writing USB disks. I believe it's Windows/DOS only, but even as a Linux user for several decades, I boot into Windows just to run it if I need to burn an installer.
- inigyou 3mo agoOn Linux if you're comfortable with the command line use "sudo dd"
- ndsipa_pomu 3mo agoI've tried that previously (or sudo dcfldd to give better feedback), but it doesn't always seem to work for ISOs. Ironically, I've had issues writing Linux ISOs onto a USB stick under Linux, so nowadays I just use Rufus which has never failed me. I've installed a few SBCs and they don't tend to have an issue booting, so I do use dd/dcfldd for those. I wonder if it's because they use SD cards that they don't have an issue.