Using Linux to Copy ISO to USB Drive

Step 1) Format USB drive with fat32

• sudo fdisk -l

  • (Shows device names. Note the name of the USB drive.)

• sudo umount /dev/sd[?]

  • (This unmounts the drive so it can be formatted.)

• sudo mkdosfs -F 32 -I /dev/sd[?]

  • (This formats the drive.)

Step 2) Write the ISO to the USB drive

• cd Downloads (or wherever the ISO file is)

• sudo dd if=ubuntu.iso of=/dev/sd[?]

  • (This extracts the ISO to the USB drive.)