An administrator needs a bootable USB for installing a new Linux machine. The administrator downloaded the image file and named it as Linux_OS.iso in the /tmp directory. Which of the following…

The correct answer is C. dd if=/tmp/Linux_OS.iso of=/dev/sda bs=512. dd if=<file> of=<device> bs=512 <file> is the name of the ISO image <device> is the device name of your USB flash drive bs=512 tells dd to read/write in 512 byte chunks.

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An administrator needs a bootable USB for installing a new Linux machine. The administrator downloaded the image file and named it as Linux_OS.iso in the /tmp directory. Which of the following commands will accomplish that task?

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Add input=/tmp/Linux_OS.iso of=/dev/sda bs=512
Bdd in=/tmp/Linux_OS.iso out=/dev/sdb bs=512
Cdd if=/tmp/Linux_OS.iso of=/dev/sda bs=512
Ddd if=/tmp/Linux_OS.iso out=/dev/sdb1 bs=512

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Explanation

dd if=<file> of=<device> bs=512 <file> is the name of the ISO image <device> is the device name of your USB flash drive bs=512 tells dd to read/write in 512 byte chunks.

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#dd command#bootable USB#Linux installation media#device management

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