How to download and burn CentOS 8 to a DVD or Flash Drive

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GNOME
For GNOME 3 desktops, a tool named "Brasero" comes packaged with the DE, and is somewhat similar to ImgBurn in terms of graphic interface.


 * Much like in Windows, you can burn the DVD by right-clicking on the ISO and selecting "Burn to Disc". Click "Select a Disc" in the Image Burning Setup, and then click on your disc drive in the list. Then click "Burn" to burn the ISO to the disc.

Disk Utility
NOTICE: This feature was removed in El Capitan (10.11), so this will only work if you're on Yosemite (10.10) or older


 * Open Disk Utility.
 * Click on the "Burn" icon (the one that has a nuclear symbol, of course.)
 * Locate the CentOS 8 ISO file.
 * Click "Burn".

Mac Finder
This feature works on El Capitan and above.


 * In the Mac Finder, locate the CentOS 8 ISO file.
 * Select it.
 * Click the "File" menu and choose "Burn Disk Image (name) To Disc..."
 * Click "Burn".

Terminal
MacOS also comes with a command-line burner. You can run this to burn an ISO to a DVD:

Burning onto a Flash Drive
Unfortunately, the normal tool for the job (unetbootin) does not seem to work with CentOS, but thankfully there are still fairly easy methods we can use.

Fedora Media Writer
On Windows, Mac, and Linux, the tool Fedora Media Writer can do the job. Although it is designed for use with Fedora, it will also work with CentOS.

Download the tool here. When the tool is installed and starts, do the following:


 * Select "Custom Image". Locate the CentOS 8 ISO.
 * Make sure the right Flash Drive is selected, and click "Write to disk".

dd
dd is a very standard tool included in all Linux distributions, as well as BSD, Haiku, and nearly all Unix-like distributions. Basically if you're running a nix operating system then chances are you have this tool. To use it, insert your USB and figure out what device it is. can do this on most distros. Once you've found the drive name, run the following command:

of course replacing "sdz" with the drive. MAKE SURE IT IS THE RIGHT DRIVE. Also, don't install it onto /dev/sdz1, only /dev/sdz.

There also exists a port of dd to Windows, available here.

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