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HowTo: Create Slackware Linux Bootable USB Pen Drive

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Here's how to create a Slackware Linux bootable USB pen drive:

  1. Insert the USB pen drive into your computer.
  2. Determine the device name of the USB pen drive:
$ lsblk

In this example, the USB pen drive is /dev/sdb. Make sure to replace this with the device name of your USB pen drive.

  1. Unmount the USB pen drive:
$ umount /dev/sdb
  1. Write the Slackware Linux ISO image to the USB pen drive:
$ dd if=slackware.iso of=/dev/sdb bs=4M status=progress

Replace slackware.iso with the path to the Slackware Linux ISO image.

  1. Wait for the dd command to complete.
  2. Remove the USB pen drive from your computer.
rnNow you have a Slackware Linux bootable USB pen drive that you can use to install Slackware Linux on a computer. To boot from the USB pen drive, you'll need to enter the BIOS or UEFI settings on the target computer and change the boot order to boot from USB first.