How to Write an ISO to USB on Linux with DD
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DD(1) is a progam used to convert and copy a file to a desired location.
Usage:
sudo dd status=progress if=name-of.iso of=/dev/sdx bs=1M; sudo sync
status=LEVEL
The LEVEL of information to print to stderr; 'none' suppresses everything but error messages, 'noxfer' suppresses the final transfer statistics, 'progress' shows periodic transfer statistics.
if=name-of.iso
The file you want to make bootable from the USB device.
of=/dev/sdx
The device location of the USB device. Run lsblk to find your correct data.
bs=1M
Read and write up to 1024 bytes at a time (default: 512).
sudo sync
Synchronize cached writes to persistent storage.
For the rest of the avalible options every UNIX like operating system has the manual; man dd.