Title: Erase, Format, & Burn Ubuntu Server 16.04 LTS iso to USB Flash Drive on KDE Neon (based on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS). Date: April 20, 2017 Updated: April 21, 2017 URL: https://monsterb.github.io/notes/notes012.txt License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ Author: monsterb 1.) Identify the USB Flash Drive with 'lsblk' command (My 2GB USB Flash Drive is 'sdb'.): $ lsblk Output: NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT sda 8:0 0 465.8G 0 disk ├─sda1 8:1 0 459.8G 0 part / └─sda2 8:2 0 6G 0 part [SWAP] sdb 8:16 1 1.9G 0 disk ├─sdb1 8:17 1 829M 0 part └─sdb2 8:18 1 2.4M 0 part sr0 11:0 1 1024M 0 rom 2.) Erase everything on the USB Flash Drive (optional): $ sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdb bs=4k && sync 3.) Make a new partition table on the USB Flash Drive: $ sudo fdisk /dev/sdb 'o' to create a new empty DOS partition table. 'n' to add a new partition. 'w' to write table to disk and exit. 4.) Format USB Flash Drive with FAT32: $ sudo mkfs.vfat /dev/sdb1 5.) Write Ubuntu Server 16.04 iso to USB Flash Drive: $ sudo dd if=ubuntu-16.04.2-server-amd64.iso of=/dev/sdb 6.) Eject USB Flash Drive: $ sudo eject /dev/sdb