IOT-LINK: Debian Linux: Preparing Live Media

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Preparing the workstation

  • Obtain a:
  • Workstation with a free USB port.
  • USB flash drive. Any commercially available USB flash drive of 4GB or larger may be used.
  • Type-A to type-C adapter
  • Plug the USB flash drive into the host PC. From now we assume the device name of the flash drive on your Linux PC is /dev/sdX.

Preparing Installation Media

  • Flash the image file to the USB flash drive:
unzip -p /path/to/image-archive.zip | sudo dd of=/dev/sdX bs=1M status=progress conv=fsync
  • Insert the USB flash drive into the USB2.0 port located on the front panel via an adapter
  • Power on the device
  • Wait for the Linux login prompt
  • Login