EXTRA BITS - Making a Bootable USB in Linux - Computerphile

Computerphile · Intermediate ·☁️ DevOps & Cloud ·12y ago

Key Takeaways

Making a bootable USB in Linux using Ubuntu, covering the process of re-building a bootable USB stick on a Linux machine.

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EXTRA BITS on the XP to Ubuntu Story, here we see Joe re-build the bootable USB stick on his own machine in Ubuntu. Main XP to Ubuntu Film: http://youtu.be/JAI368bZC1g EXTRA BITS - Realtime Boot Comparison: http://youtu.be/ondpla1KHAo EXTRA BITS - Installing Ubuntu: http://youtu.be/ceYeTXHHSa0 Raspberry Pi Hardware: http://youtu.be/sx2HjuZBuo0 http://www.facebook.com/computerphile https://twitter.com/computer_phile This video was filmed and edited by Sean Riley. Computer Science at the University of Nottingham: http://bit.ly/nottscomputer Computerphile is a sister project to Brady Haran's Numberphile. See the full list of Brady's video projects at: http://bit.ly/bradychannels
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This video teaches how to make a bootable USB in Linux using Ubuntu, a crucial step in installing or trying out Linux on a computer. The process is demonstrated by re-building a bootable USB stick on a Linux machine.

Key Takeaways
  1. Insert a USB stick into the computer
  2. Open a terminal in Ubuntu
  3. Use the dd command to copy the Ubuntu ISO to the USB stick
  4. Verify the USB stick is bootable
💡 The dd command is used to copy the Ubuntu ISO to the USB stick, making it bootable.

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