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Learn to create Bootable Linux Flash Drive / USB Drive (using Ubuntu)

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Shujat Husain
Jun 2, 2021

To be able to install Ubuntu or any other Linux OS or even any other OS like Windows etc, we either need a bootable FlashDrive or a DVD of the OS.
In this tutorial, we will discuss how we can create a bootable Linux Flash Drive or a USB drive using a Ubuntu System.

There are many tools on almost all operating systems available with most of them being 3rd party tools, but we have an inbuilt tool on Ubuntu for creating a bootable flash drive, called ?Startup Disk Creator’. We will be using the same tool to create a bootable Linux flash drive.

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Shujat Husain

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