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<title>Booting from a USB Drive</title>

     

       
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<para>For systems without CD drive, the NixOS live CD can be booted from

     

       
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a USB stick. For non-UEFI installations,

     

       
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<link xlink:href="http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/">unetbootin</link>

     

       
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will work. For UEFI installations, you should mount the ISO, copy its contents

     

       
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verbatim to your drive, then either:

     

       
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a USB stick. You can use the <command>dd</command> utility to write the image:

     

       
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<command>dd if=<replaceable>path-to-image</replaceable>

     

       
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of=<replaceable>/dev/sdb</replaceable></command>. Be careful about specifying the

     

       
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correct drive; you can use the <command>lsblk</command> command to get a list of

     

       
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block devices.</para>

     

       
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<para>The <command>dd</command> utility will write the image verbatim to the drive,

     

       
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making it the recommended option for both UEFI and non-UEFI installations. For

     

       
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non-UEFI installations, you can alternatively use

     

       
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<link xlink:href="http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/">unetbootin</link>. If you

     

       
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cannot use <command>dd</command> for a UEFI installation, you can also mount the

     

       
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ISO, copy its contents verbatim to your drive, then either:

     

       
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