.. _bootable-usb-linux:

Create a bootable USB drive on Linux
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Follow these instructions to create a bootable |CLOSIA| USB drive.
Use an **8GB** or larger USB drive. Download either a live image, 
``clear-<version>-live.img.xz`` or an installer image, 
``clear-<version>-installer.img.xz``, from our `image`_ download page. 

Instructions are also available for other operating systems:

* :ref:`bootable-usb-mac`
* :ref:`bootable-usb-windows`

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   :start-after: incl-image-filename: 
   :end-before: incl-image-filename-end:

.. include:: ../../guides/maintenance/download-verify-uncompress-linux.rst
   :Start-after: verify-linux:

.. _copy-usb-linux:

Burn the Clear Linux image onto a USB drive
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.. caution::

   |CAUTION-BACKUP-USB|

#. Open a terminal emulator and get root privilege.

   .. code-block:: bash

      sudo -s

#. Go to the directory with the uncompressed image.
#. Plug in the USB drive.
#. Identify the USB drive using the :command:`lsblk` command. This shows all
   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 in this case. The remaining are 3 USB drives.
   The output also shows the mounted partitions (under the `MOUNTPOINT`
   column) for each drive.

   .. code-block:: bash

      lsblk

   Example output:

   .. code-block:: console

      NAME   MAJ:MIN RM   SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
      sdd      8:48   1    15G  0 disk
      ├─sdd2   8:50   1     5G  0 part /run/media/user1/960c184f-3bb7-42b7-bcaf-0c1282
      ├─sdd3   8:51   1     8G  0 part /run/media/user1/704f3382-b26d-4f34-af1b-cb9aab
      └─sdd1   8:49   1     2G  0 part
      sdb      8:16   1  14.8G  0 disk
      └─sdb1   8:17   1  14.8G  0 part /run/media/user1/PATRIOT_USB
      sdc      8:32   1   7.3G  0 disk
      └─sdc1   8:33   1   7.3G  0 part /run/media/user1/LINUX MINT
      sda      8:0    0 335.4G  0 disk
      ├─sda4   8:4    0    28G  0 part
      ├─sda2   8:2    0   3.7G  0 part [SWAP]
      ├─sda7   8:7    0     6G  0 part /home
      ├─sda5   8:5    0     1G  0 part /boot
      ├─sda3   8:3    0   954M  0 part /boot/efi
      ├─sda1   8:1    0    28G  0 part
      ├─sda8   8:8    0    30G  0 part /
      └─sda6   8:6    0   7.9G  0 part [SWAP]

#. Before an image can be burned onto a USB drive, it should be un-mounted.
   Some Linux distros may automatically mount a USB drive when it is plugged
   in. To unmount, use the :command:`umount` command followed by the device
   identifier/partition. For example: From the above :command:`lsblk` output,
   `/dev/sdd` has 2 mounted partitions.  To unmount them, enter:

   .. code-block:: bash

      umount /dev/sdd2
      umount /dev/sdd3

#. Burn the image onto the USB drive. The command-line example below burns an
   uncompressed image onto `/dev/sdd`:

   .. code-block:: bash

      dd if=./clear-[version number]-[image type] of=/dev/sdd bs=4M status=progress

.. _usb-next:

Next steps
**********

With a bootable |CL| USB drive, you can:

* :ref:`bare-metal-install`
* :ref:`boot-live-image`
* :ref:`multi-boot`

.. _image: https://download.clearlinux.org/image
.. _releases: https://download.clearlinux.org/releases