Create A Bootable USB

dd

dd (Linux)

If you're already using Linux, you can create an Archcraft bootable USB with dd. dd creates both BIOS and UEFI bootable USB and this method is recommended due to its simplicity and universal availability. Follow the steps below to create a bootable USB with dd :

• Open a terminal and run sudo fdisk -l to get the USB info. In my case, it's /dev/sda.

$ sudo fdisk -l

Disk /dev/sda: 29.25 GiB, 31406948352 bytes, 61341696 sectors
Disk model: Cruzer Blade
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: dos
Disk identifier: 0x940318b0

You can also run lsblk to find your USB device, by judging the size of it.

$ lsblk

NAME        MAJ:MIN RM   SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINTS
sda           8:0    1  29.3G  0 disk
├─sda1        8:1    1   1.6G  0 part
└─sda2        8:2    1    54M  0 part
nvme0n1     259:0    0 238.5G  0 disk
...

• After finding your USB device, Run dd to flash the ISO on USB

$ sudo dd bs=4M if=path/to/archcraft.iso of=/dev/sdX status=progress oflag=sync

• Make sure you replace path/to/archcraft.iso with the Archcraft ISO path and sdX with your USB device.
• This will create a bootable Archcraft USB for both BIOS and UEFI.

Etcher

Etcher (Linux, Mac, Windows)

Etcher is an OS image flasher built with Node.js and Electron, capable of flashing an SDCard or USB drive. It protects you from accidentally writing to your hard-drives and ensures every byte of data was written correctly. Follow the steps below to create a bootable USB with Etcher :

1. Launch Etcher. Click on Select Image and select the Archcraft ISO.
2. Select your USB drive, Be careful here and select the right one.
3. Click on Flash! and wait for it to finish.
4. This will create a bootable Archcraft USB for both BIOS and UEFI.

Rufus

Rufus (Windows)

Rufus is a multi-purpose USB ISO writer. It provides a graphical user interface and does not care if the drive is properly formatted or not. Simply select the Archcraft ISO, the USB drive you want to create the bootable Archcraft onto and click START.

tip

If the USB drive does not boot properly using the default ISO Image mode, DD Image mode should be used instead.

• For Rufus version ≥ 3.0 select GPT from the Partition scheme drop-down menu. After clicking START you will get the mode selection dialog, select DD Image mode.
• For Rufus version < 3.0 select DD Image mode from the drop-down menu on the bottom.

Other

Other Options (Linux)

• With cat : Open a terminal and run :

$ sudo cat path/to/archcraft.iso > /dev/sdX

• With cp : Open a terminal and run :

$ sudo cp path/to/archcraft.iso /dev/sdX

• With tee : Open a terminal and run :

$ sudo tee < path/to/archcraft.iso > /dev/sdx

Make sure you replace path/to/archcraft.iso with the Archcraft ISO path and sdX with your USB device.

Video

Here's a youtube video about creating a bootable USB drive for Archcraft.