Linux USB

Create a Bootable USB on Linux

• Automatic installer (recommended)
• Manual installation (advanced - via terminal)

Automatic installer (recommended)

There are a variety of options that can be used to create a bootable USB drive on Linux, but I prefer UNetbootin. Simply download the medaid ISO from the medaid website amd follow the instructions within the application.

NOTE: You should format the USB as FAT32. If the USB doesn't boot, you may need to add the "boot" flag in GParted and burn the ISO again.

Manual installation (advanced - via terminal)

Do not plug in your USB yet
Open up your terminal and type this:

lsblk

Take note of which drives are present and insert your USB. Retype:

lsblk

A new disk should appear. This is your USB, and will have the name "sd" followed by a letter. Usually it will be "sdb", but I will use "sdX" from now on.

Next we will unmount the drive:

sudo umount /dev/sdb

And now to burn the ISO to the USB:

sudo dd bs=4M if=/path/to/medaid.iso of=/dev/sdX

That should be it!