Guide for installing Linux to USB with UEFI boot capabilities

• ⬆️ Top of Document

• 🏗️ Requirements

• ⚡ Quick Start

• 🧰 Usage

• 🗒 Notes

• 📈 Contributing

  • 🔱 Forking
  • 💱 Sponsor

• 📇 Attribution

• ⚖️ Licensing

This repository depends upon Jekyll which is supported by GitHub Pages, further details about setup can be found from documentation published by the Jekyll maintainers regarding GitHub Pages.

Clone this project...

mkdir -vp ~/git/hub/install-linux-guides

cd ~/git/hub/install-linux-guides

git clone [email protected]:install-linux-guides/usb-uefi-compatible.git

Build with Jekyll...

cd ~/git/hub/install-linux-guides/usb-uefi-compatible

bundle exec jekyll build

Converting .png images to .jpeg and .avif

sudo apt-get install imagemagic

convert input.png output.jpeg

convert input.png output.avif

Converting .png images to .webp

sudo apt-get install cwebp

cwebp -q 60 input.png -o output.webp

This repository may not be feature complete and/or fully functional, Pull Requests that add features or fix bugs are certainly welcomed.

Options for contributing to usb-uefi-compatible and install-linux-guides

Start making a Fork of this repository to an account that you have write permissions for.

• Add remote for fork URL. The URL syntax is [email protected]:<NAME>/<REPO>.git...

cd ~/git/hub/install-linux-guides/usb-uefi-compatible

git remote add fork [email protected]:<NAME>/usb-uefi-compatible.git

• Commit your changes and push to your fork, eg. to fix an issue...

cd ~/git/hub/install-linux-guides/usb-uefi-compatible


git commit -F- <<'EOF'
:bug: Fixes #42 Issue


**Edits**


- `<SCRIPT-NAME>` script, fixes some bug reported in issue
EOF


git push fork gh-pages

Note, the -u option may be used to set fork as the default remote, eg. git push -u fork gh-pages however, this will also default the fork remote for pulling from too! Meaning that pulling updates from origin must be done explicitly, eg. git pull origin gh-pages

• Then on GitHub submit a Pull Request through the Web-UI, the URL syntax is https://github.com/<NAME>/<REPO>/pull/new/<BRANCH>

Note; to decrease the chances of your Pull Request needing modifications before being accepted, please check the dot-github repository for detailed contributing guidelines.

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Guide for installing Linux to USB with UEFI boot capabilities
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