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Updated bootable USB Linux per https://github.com/clearlinux/clear-li… (#842)

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* Updated bootable USB Linux per https://github.com/clearlinux/clear-linux-documentation/issues/796.
Also minor updated the macOS and Windows as well.

Signed-off-by: Bun K Tan <bun.k.tan@intel.com>

* Applies editorial corrections only.

Signed-off-by: Michael Vincerra <michael.vincerra@intel.com>
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Create a bootable USB drive
###########################
Follow the instructions applicable to your system to create a bootable |CL-ATTR|
USB drive:
Follow the instructions applicable to your system to create a bootable
|CL-ATTR| USB drive:
* :ref:`bootable-usb-linux`
* :ref:`bootable-usb-mac`
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Burning an image formats the USB drive and destroys all pre-existing
content. Back up your data before proceeding.
#. Open a terminal emulator and get root privilege.
#. Open a terminal window.
.. code-block:: bash
sudo -s
#. Go to the directory with the decompressed image.
#. Change directory to where the image resides.
#. Plug in the USB drive.
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drives attached to the system, including the primary hard disk. In the
example output below, there are 4 drives
(`/dev/sda`, `/dev/sdb`, `/dev/sdc`, and `/dev/sdd`) attached, where
`/dev/sda` is primary drive. The remaining are three USB drives. The output
`/dev/sda` is the primary drive. The remaining are three USB drives. The output
also shows the mounted partitions (under the `MOUNTPOINT` column) for each
drive.
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Example output:
.. code-block:: console
:emphasize-lines: 1-6
NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
sdd 8:48 1 15G 0 disk
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├─sda8 8:8 0 30G 0 part /
└─sda6 8:6 0 7.9G 0 part [SWAP]
#. You must unmount a USB drive before burning an image onto it. Note that
some Linux distros automatically mount a USB drive when it is plugged in.
Unmount a USB drive with the :command:`umount` command followed by the device
identifier/partition. For example:
.. note::
Some Linux distros may automatically mount a USB drive when it is plugged in.
#. If the USB drive you want to use is mounted, it must be umounted before
burning an image onto it. Use the :command:`umount` command followed by
the device identifier/partition. For example, to unmount all /dev/sdd
partitions:
.. code-block:: bash
umount /dev/sdd2
umount /dev/sdd3
sudo umount /dev/sdd*
#. Burn the image onto the USB drive. The example below burns an uncompressed
image onto `<your USB device>`:
#. Burn the image onto the USB drive. The example below burns an image onto `<your USB device>`:
.. code-block:: bash
dd if=./clear-[version number]-[image type] of=<your USB device> oflag=sync bs=4M status=progress
sudo dd if=./clear-[version number]-live-[desktop | server].iso of=<your USB device> oflag=sync bs=4M status=progress
.. caution::
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Burning an image formats the USB drive and destroys all pre-existing
content. Back up your data before proceeding.
#. Launch the Terminal app.
#. Open a Terminal window.
#. Change directory to where the decompressed image is saved.
#. Change directory to where the image resides.
#. Plug in a USB drive and get its identifier:
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Figure 1: macOS - Get USB drive identifier
#. Unmount the USB drive identified in the previous step. For example:
#. Unmount the USB drive identified in the previous step. For example, to unmount /dev/disk2:
.. code-block:: bash
diskutil umountDisk /dev/disk2
#. Burn the image onto the drive using the :command:`dd` command.
This example uses `./`, your current directory, and it shows how to burn an uncompressed image onto `<your USB device>`:
This example uses `./`, your current directory, and it shows how to burn
an image onto `<your USB device>`:
.. code-block:: bash
sudo dd if=./clear-[version number]-[image type] of=<your USB device> bs=4m
sudo dd if=./clear-[version number]-live-[desktop | server].iso of=<your USB device> bs=4m
To accelerate the imaging process, add an ‘r’ before the disk identifier.
Example: `sudo dd if=./clear-30800-live-server of=/dev/rdisk2 bs=4m`.
Example: `sudo dd if=./clear-30800-live-server.iso of=/dev/rdisk2 bs=4m`.
Press :kbd:`<CTRL>-T` to check imaging progress.
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We use Rufus 3.5 for this example.
**Only use the latest version of Rufus**.
#. Plug in the USB drive and open Rufus.
#. Plug in the USB drive.
#. Launch Rufus.
#. Under `Device`, select the USB drive.
#. Under `Boot selection`, click the :guilabel:`SELECT` button.
#. Find and select the previously extracted |CL| image file.
.. note::
For other image tools, verify the `Volume label` is set to :guilabel:`CLR_ISO` **Do not change the label as installer relies on it.**