How to write an image on USB drive (Windows and Linux)

There are two simple ways, one if you use Windows and one if you use Linux.

Windows User:

Download latest version of this free tool “physdiskwrite“, expand zip in a folder, and execute PhysGUI.exe:

PhysGUI_identify

I don’t understand a single word of this software, however, identify you device:

PhysGUI_identify_select

now, cover your eyes, and click with me:

PhysGUI_identify_write_image

a file browser opens and it invite you to select your image file, select and confirm image file writing.

Linux User:

I don’t know why Linux has all thing built in, however:

Unmout usb drive before run this command (I’ll call it here /dev/sdUSB):

unmount /dev/sdUSB

now expand image (.img file) with gzip commnad and write to usb with dd command:

gzip -c <imagefile> | dd of=/dev/sdUSB

Done, now unmount device and remove.

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