3.4. How Do I Make Fedora Media?
A Fedora ISO file can be turned into either CD or DVD discs. Turn Fedora Live ISO files into bootable USB media, as well as a CD or DVD.
3.4.1. Making CD or DVD Discs
To learn how to turn ISO images into CD or DVD media, refer to http://docs.fedoraproject.org/readme-burning-isos/.
3.4.2. Making USB Media
To make bootable USB media, use a Fedora Live image. Use either a Windows or Linux system to make the bootable USB media.
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USB Image Writing is Nondestructive |
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Writing the Live image to the USB media is nondestructive. Any existing data on the media is not harmed. It is always a good idea to back up important data before performing sensitive disk operations. |
To begin, make sure there is sufficient free space available on the USB media. There is no need to repartition or reformat your media. It is always a good idea to back up important data before performing sensitive disk operations.
3.4.2.1. USB Image Creation from Windows
Download a Live ISO file as explained in Section 3.3, “Which Files Do I Download?”.
Download the Windows liveusb-creator program at http://fedorahosted.org/liveusb-creator.
Follow the instructions given at the site and in the liveusb-creator program to create the bootable USB media.
3.4.2.2. USB Image Creation in Linux
USB media often comes in the form of flash devices sometimes called pen drives, thumb disks, or keys; or as an externally connected hard disk device. Almost all media of this type is formatted as a vfat file system. You can create bootable USB media on media formatted as ext2, ext3, or vfat.
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Unusual USB Media |
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In a few cases with oddly formatted or partitioned USB media, the image writing may fail. |
Download a Live ISO file as shown in Section 3.3, “Which Files Do I Download?”.
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Install the livecd-tools package on your system. For Fedora systems, use the following command:
su -c 'yum -y install livecd-tools'
Plug in your USB media.
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Find the device name for your USB media. If the media has a volume name, look up the name in
/dev/disk/by-label, or use thefindfs:su -c 'findfs LABEL="
MyLabel"'If the media does not have a volume name, or you do not know it, consult the
/var/log/messageslog for details:su -c 'less /var/log/messages'
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Use the
livecd-iso-to-diskcommand to write the ISO image to the media:su -c 'livecd-iso-to-disk
the_image.iso/dev/sdX1'Replace
sdX1with the device name for the partition on the USB media. Most flash drives and external hard disks use only one partition. If you have changed this behavior or have oddly partitioned media, you may need to consult other sources of help.