Live USB
The steps to create a bootable USB containing the Arch Linux ISO.
Download the ISO
Download the ISO file from https://archlinux.org/download/.
Note: the BitTorrent Download is the recommended option and the file will look
like this archlinux-version-x86_64.iso.torrent
.
USB Drive Name
Find out the name of your USB drive:
ls -l /dev/disk/by-id/usb-*
To make sure it is not mounted, run lsblk
and search for the MOUNTPOINTS
column, you should see an empty space:
lsblk
Write the ISO
Write the ISO to the USB drive using pv
:
sudo pv path/to/archlinux-version-x86_64.iso -Yo /dev/disk/by-id/usb-My_flash_drive-0:0
Note: the USB drive name should look something like
/dev/disk/by-id/usb-SanDisk_Cruzer_Blade_4C530000100920118104-0:0
.
Make sure to not append any partition number like My_flash_drive-0:0-part1
.
For more information about this topic, check the Arch Linux wiki