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Prepare Installation Media
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the faster option.
Prepare a USB Flash Drive as an Installation Medium
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The flash drive needs to have at least 1 GB of storage available.
Find the USB Device Name
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There are multiple ways to find out the name of the USB flash drive. One is
to compare the last lines of the `dmesg` command output before and after
plugging in the flash drive. Another way is to compare the output of the
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Etcher works out of the box. Download Etcher from https://etcher.io. It will
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+guide you through the process of selecting the ISO and your USB flash drive.
Using Rufus
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IMPORTANT: After you 'Start', you have to click 'No' on the dialog asking to
download a different version of GRUB. In the next dialog select the 'DD' mode.
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