Creating the Live Environment

Creating a Bootable USB Drive

Prerequisites

• Instructions for Downloading AerynOS.
• You will need a spare USB drive that you don’t mind wiping.

Option 1: Using Ventoy on a USB drive

Ventoy is an open source tool to create bootable USB drives that can boot multiple operating systems by placing their respective ISO files on the USB drive. This flexibility is particularly useful as it allows users to have a single USB drive for installation of multiple operating systems. Support for AerynOS was added in version 1.1.10.

Ventoy has several options for creating a bootable USB drive. These instructions with vary depending on your current OS. You can find the instructions for creating a bootable Ventoy USB drive on the Ventoy website.

1. Follow the instructions for creating a bootable Ventoy USB drive.
2. Copy the latest AerynOS ISO to the root directory of the “Ventoy” drive

Option 2: Preparing an install medium using Etcher

1. Download the latest version of Balena Etcher for your OS.
2. Launch the application
3. Select the latest AerynOS ISO you have already downloaded
4. Select the inserted USB stick
5. Flash!
6. Ensure the USB drive is properly ejected after flashing the ISO to avoid data corruption.

Danger

Creating a bootable USB drive using Etcher will erase all data on the USB drive. Make sure to back up any important data before proceeding.

Alternative options

There are several alternative options that can be used for creating a bootable USB drive. These include, but are not limited to:

• Rufus: A free and open-source tool for Windows that can create bootable USB drives.
• dd: A Linux command-line utility that can be used to create bootable USB drives from the command line.
• GNOME Disks: A graphical tool that can be used to create bootable USB drives on Linux.

You can find instructions for these various options online via your favorite search engine.