Download the ISO image file for the Endless OS version you would like to try. Your USB stick needs to be at least as large as the ISO image file.
¶ Using GNOME Disks
If you are using Endless OS or other Linux distributions with GNOME desktop environment, you can use GNOME Disks and following the steps below:
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Insert your the USB stick
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Launch
GNOME Disksfrom the application menu or typegnome-disksas a command in a terminal -
Click and select the USB drive from the sidebar on the left
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Click on the top-right menu icon( ☰ or ⋮ ) to open the dropdown menu then select Restore Disk Image...
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Click in "None" and select the Endless OS ISO image file.
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Click "Start Restoring"
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Click "Restore"
Note that all files on your USB stick will be erased. Enter your password and click on "Authenticate". -
The restore process will start automatically.
¶ Using Endless command-line utility: eos-write-live-image
There is a specialized script from the Endless Engineering team that allows us to produce Live USB from the command-line interface.
If you are currently using Endless OS, you can just launch a Terminal app and follow these commands:
# Obtain the raw disk image files and signature files
$ eos-download-image
# Overwriting the USB device
# ⚠️ Please make sure change the path /dev/* to the correct target block device path
$ sudo eos-write-live-image --os-image /path/to/eos-*.img.xz --latest /dev/usb-device-block
For users on macOS or other Linux distro, you can get this script from the GitHub, and run it with additional steps:
# Obtain the raw disk image files and signature files
$ eos-download-image
# Download the Endless Command-line utilities from github
$ git clone https://github.com/endlessm/eos-meta
$ cd eos-meta/eos-tech-support
# Overwriting the USB device
# ⚠️ Please make sure change the path /dev/* to the correct target block device path
$ sudo eos-write-live-image --os-image /path/to/eos-*.iso --latest /dev/usb-device-block
If you are seeing the output says '/dev/xyz is currently in use -- please unmount and try again', you can unmount all partitions with a wildcard character, for example:
sudo umount /dev/xyz*
Then rerun the command above.
¶ Using the command: dd
For advanced users, on most Linux distros or other Unix-like operating systems, you can use the dd command to create the bootable USB stick from the ISO file, please reference the following example with caution:
# ⚠️ Please be make sure the of=/dev/xyz is pointing to the correct USB device, before running this irreversible action.
sudo dd if=./path/to/the/ISO-file of=/dev/xyz bs=4M status=progress