OS X: Create and use Live USB Fedora Linux Media

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Here’s how you can create and use a live USB Fedora Linux media on OS X:

  1. Download the Fedora Linux ISO image from the Fedora website.
  2. Insert a USB drive into your Mac.
  3. Open the Terminal application.
  4. Find the disk identifier for the USB drive by running the following command:
diskutil list
  1. Unmount the USB drive by running the following command, replacing DISK_IDENTIFIER with the actual disk identifier:
diskutil unmountDisk /dev/DISK_IDENTIFIER
  1. Use the dd command to copy the Fedora ISO image to the USB drive, replacing ISO_FILE with the actual name of the ISO file and DISK_IDENTIFIER with the actual disk identifier:
sudo dd if=ISO_FILE of=/dev/DISK_IDENTIFIER bs=1m
  1. Wait for the dd command to complete.
  2. Eject the USB drive by running the following command:
diskutil eject /dev/DISK_IDENTIFIER
  1. Insert the live USB Fedora Linux media into a computer and restart the computer.
  2. Boot from the live USB drive by changing the boot order in the BIOS or UEFI settings.

Once you have successfully booted from the live USB drive, you can use Fedora Linux without installing it on your hard drive. To install Fedora on your hard drive, use the installation program that is provided as part of the live media.

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