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.. _bootable-usb-linux:
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Create a bootable USB drive on Linux
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Follow these instructions to create a bootable |CLOSIA| USB drive.
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Use an **8GB** or larger USB drive. Download either a live image,
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``clear-<version>-live.img.xz`` or an installer image,
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``clear-<version>-installer.img.xz``, from our `image`_ download page.
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Instructions are also available for other operating systems:
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* :ref:`bootable-usb-mac`
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* :ref:`bootable-usb-windows`
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.. include:: ../../reference/image-types.rst
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:start-after: incl-image-filename:
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:end-before: incl-image-filename-end:
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.. include:: ../../guides/maintenance/download-verify-uncompress-linux.rst
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:Start-after: verify-linux:
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.. _copy-usb-linux:
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Burn the Clear Linux image onto a USB drive
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.. caution::
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|CAUTION-BACKUP-USB|
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#. Open a terminal emulator and get root privilege.
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.. code-block:: bash
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sudo -s
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#. Go to the directory with the uncompressed image.
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#. Plug in the USB drive.
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#. Identify the USB drive using the :command:`lsblk` command. This shows all
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drives attached to the system, including the primary hard disk. In the
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example output below, there are 4 drives
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(`/dev/sda`, `/dev/sdb`, `/dev/sdc`, and `/dev/sdd`) attached, where
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`/dev/sda` is primary drive in this case. The remaining are 3 USB drives.
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The output also shows the mounted partitions (under the `MOUNTPOINT`
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column) for each drive.
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.. code-block:: bash
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lsblk
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Example output:
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.. code-block:: console
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NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
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sdd 8:48 1 15G 0 disk
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├─sdd2 8:50 1 5G 0 part /run/media/user1/960c184f-3bb7-42b7-bcaf-0c1282
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├─sdd3 8:51 1 8G 0 part /run/media/user1/704f3382-b26d-4f34-af1b-cb9aab
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└─sdd1 8:49 1 2G 0 part
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sdb 8:16 1 14.8G 0 disk
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└─sdb1 8:17 1 14.8G 0 part /run/media/user1/PATRIOT_USB
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sdc 8:32 1 7.3G 0 disk
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└─sdc1 8:33 1 7.3G 0 part /run/media/user1/LINUX MINT
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sda 8:0 0 335.4G 0 disk
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├─sda4 8:4 0 28G 0 part
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├─sda2 8:2 0 3.7G 0 part [SWAP]
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├─sda7 8:7 0 6G 0 part /home
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├─sda5 8:5 0 1G 0 part /boot
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├─sda3 8:3 0 954M 0 part /boot/efi
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├─sda1 8:1 0 28G 0 part
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├─sda8 8:8 0 30G 0 part /
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└─sda6 8:6 0 7.9G 0 part [SWAP]
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#. Before an image can be burned onto a USB drive, it should be un-mounted.
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Some Linux distros may automatically mount a USB drive when it is plugged
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in. To unmount, use the :command:`umount` command followed by the device
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identifier/partition. For example: From the above :command:`lsblk` output,
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`/dev/sdd` has 2 mounted partitions. To unmount them, enter:
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.. code-block:: bash
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umount /dev/sdd2
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umount /dev/sdd3
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#. Burn the image onto the USB drive. The command-line example below burns an
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uncompressed image onto `/dev/sdd`:
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.. code-block:: bash
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dd if=./clear-[version number]-[image type] of=/dev/sdd bs=4M status=progress
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.. _usb-next:
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Next steps
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With a bootable |CL| USB drive, you can:
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* :ref:`bare-metal-install`
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* :ref:`boot-live-image`
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* :ref:`multi-boot`
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.. _image: https://download.clearlinux.org/image
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.. _releases: https://download.clearlinux.org/releases
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