Making bootable USBs, CDs etc. are easy with graphical applications like Balena-Etcher and more, but what if you don't have that application installed and you need to make a bootable external device?

In this article, we will show you how to make a bootable external device only using the terminal!


1. First, check the name of your external storage device.


2. We'll unmount the external drive now. Replace /dev/sdb with your storage device name.


3. Now we'll wipe the drive clean and make an ext4 filesystem. Again, replace /dev/sdb with your storage device name.


4. Finally, we'll make it bootable. Replace /dev/sdb with your storage device name, and replace manjaro-xfce-21.2.1-220103-linux515.iso with your ISO image name.