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====== Making a bootable install image on a Linux computer ======

**Step 1: Format your USB key to a blank FAT32**

Find the device name of your USB key name (in our examples we will use /dev/sdb)

<code>
fdisk -l
</code>

Delete the old partitions
<code>
fdsik /dev/sdb
d
w
</code>

Wipe MBR
<code>
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdb  bs=1M count=10
</code>

Create new FAT32 partition
<code>
fdsik /dev/sdb
n
<enter>
<enter>
t
b
w
</code>

Make DOS file system
<code>
mkdosfs -F 32 -I /dev/sdb1
</code>

**NOTE:** If you don't have mkdosfs you will need to install it (dnf --enablerepo=fedora install dosfstools)

**Step 2: Copy the image files from your computer**

Copy all the file from the image zip to the USB key using your computer

**Step 3: Make the USB key bootable**

<code>
mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt
cd /mnt/utils/linux/
./makeboot.sh /dev/sdb1
</code>

**NOTE:** if your don't have glibc.i686 you will need to install it (dnf -y --enablerepo=fedora --enablerepo=updates install glibc.i686)

answer yes to all questions

You can now boot your USB image

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