Live USB

Creating a bootable USB containing the ISO

• Download the ISO file from the Arch Linux website

• Find the USB drive name

ls -l /dev/disk/by-id/usb-*

• Make sure it is not mounted (the MOUNTPOINTS column should be empty)

lsblk

• Write the ISO to the USB drive

sudo pv path/to/archlinux-version-x86_64.iso -Yo /dev/disk/by-id/usb-My_flash_drive-0:0

Notes

• The BitTorrent Download is the recommended option and the file will look like this: archlinux-version-x86_64.iso.torrent

• 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 like -part1