Discover how to create bootable USB Linux drives from Linux for Live Linux distributions or Windows installations. Learn to set up live USBs, create OS installation media, and transform flash drives or memory sticks into portable, reliable installers or standalone operating environments.
How to manually create a bootable USB from ISO Files Using the Linux dd Command. You can manually create a bootable USB from ISO files using the dd command from within Linux or any Unix-based system. The dd command is powerful and can be used for copying data bit by bit from a source to a destination, in essence making an exact copy of the source at the destination.
Can you boot from an exFAT USB? Absolutely, but not by using one partition for USB booting. In order to make an exFAT bootable USB flash drive boot in UEFI mode, you will need to format the USB with multiple partitions. Then, install Grub2 on the boot partition. And finally, set your computer system BIOS or UEFI to boot from the flash drive to confirm that it boots.
Boot Multiple ISO from USB using GRUB2 from Linux. Here is one way to manually create a Multiboot USB Flash Drive (Multiboot ISOs) from a running Linux environment. Allowing you to store and run Multiple ISO files from one single USB drive.
How to Install Grub2 on USB from Linux to make a BIOS an UEFI bootable USB that can boot on all Machines. In the following tutorial, I'll show you one way of easily installing Grub2 Bootloader to a USB flash drive from an up and running Linux Operating Environment.
Create a Casper-RW Larger than 4GB; The following tutorial will show you one way to create a writable Casper partition on your USB flash drive. The benefit of using a casper-rw partition as opposed to a casper-rw block file is that you can expand your persistent storage beyond 4GB. This is useful if you have a large flash drive and want to use more space for persistent storage. The only drawback is that Windows will not see the secondary casper-rw partition. So in Windows, your drive will appear to be smaller than it actually is.
How to Create a Multisystem LiveUSB Flash Drive from Linux: Multisystem is a versatile tool designed to create Multiboot USB drives directly from Linux. Similar to the YUMI MultiBootISOs USB boot creator, it allows you to build a customized Multiboot USB flash drive with your preferred bootable Live Linux distributions. This guide provides step by step instructions on installing and using Multisystem while up and running from Ubuntu or another Debian based Operating System.
