I have been trying for 2 days now to make a Fedora bootable USB drive to install Fedora on a computer that has Linux on it now. I download it from my windows computer but when I go to install it, it keeps telling me that it is missing and NTFS file and I am unsure why it says that. I use rufus to make the bootable usb drive. Can some one please help me fix this or figure out what I am doing wrong.
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If you already have a computer that has linux on it - Id make usb drive right on it.
Just dd iso file over, ex:
sudo dd if=Fedora-Workstation-Live-x86_64-31-1.9.iso of=/dev/sda
where /dev/sda is path to your usb drive,
Hello @tgreyome and Welcome to the Forum.
Try using the Fedora Media Writer tool for making the bootable USB, it works well. There is a windows and mac version available here.
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Would I use terminal for that or where would I add. I do have a Linux computer with Ubuntu on it
Hi @tgreyome … Welcome to the Forum
I have created an installation media with Rufus recently and installations went pretty well. Usually, the USB should bear FAT32 format and not NTFS. Confirm that Rufus is formatting with the recommended filesystem. Rufus should automatically configure its fields correctly when you specify the Fedora image file (.iso). You may attach a screenshot of your Rufus UI for crosschecking.
ofc. use your terminal - yes.
Just make sure you know for sure that /dev/sda is your flashdrive, as it could also be under /dev/sdb, /dev/sdc etc.