ISO file creation :: using USB-stick and the terminal to create all - with dd-command

[d-hubs]

good day dear experts, good day dear Linux-friends

 

 

 To create a bootable USB drive in Linux without using an installed application - etcher, rufus, blah blah blah - I prefer to do it on the console.

It's more appropriate somehow - I think that also helps - to delve deeper into the terminal - to do more and more with it.

Note: i want to learn to  use the command line - so therefore i want to do more and more things in terminal.

 

 

So - off to the terminal: I can do this via the command line using these instructions.

 

Let us assume the ISO file is located at /home/user/Downloads/Linuxfile.iso - and is named Linuxfile.iso.

 

So I'll start like this: I'd best start with

 

sudo lsblk

 

This gives me some drive information.

 

If the USB drive is located under /dev/sdb and has a partition /dev/sdb1, then I think I should proceed with

 

Unmounting - hmm - with the following command:

 

sudo umount /dev/sdb1

 

and then creating the USB drive with the following command:

 

 

sudo dd bs=4M if=/home/user/Downloads/Linuxfile.iso of=/dev/sdb status=progress oflag=sync

 

Hmm - is it better to use the device name or the partition name here?

 

Whats your idea here!?  sdb or sdb1 !?

 

greetings...;)