pentoo-overlay-wiki/BIOS-and-UEFI-Bootable-USB.md

Installation from Bootable USB

BIOS and UEFI Bootable USB

Creating on GNU/Linux

This method is recommended due to its simplicity. This will irrevocably destroy all data on /dev/sdx

Run the following command, replacing /dev/sdx with your drive, e.g. /dev/sdb. (do not append a partition number, so do not use something like /dev/sdb1)

dd bs=512k if=/path/to/pentoo-amd64-hardened-2015.0_RC*.iso of=/dev/sdx && sync

and wait patiently until the process is completed.

Creating on Windows

If you’re running under Windows, you’ll need to download the Win32 Disk Imager utility:

Creating on OS X

Run the following command, replacing /dev/diskx with your drive, e.g. /dev/disk7.

sudo dd if=/path/to/pentoo-amd64-hardened-2015.0_RC*.iso of=/dev/diskx bs=1m

and wait patiently until the process is completed.****