Creating a bootable USB drive let's you get hands-on experience with Linux without necessarily overwriting your system.

Perhaps they referenced this guide to create a bootable Live USB on Windows, allowing them to test drive something like Ubuntu without making any changes to their PC.

Create a bootable USB stick from Linux I was keeping the best for last. If you are running Linux, you can use the dd command (as in the instructions for macOS above) to create the bootable drive.

We usually use Unetbootin to create a bootable thumb drive from a Linux ISO, but it turns out you don't even need a thumb drive if you want to boot the live CD on the same computer that has ...

Having a secondary boot volume is almost a necessity for troubleshooting some problems with Macs. Here are some options for creating boot disks.

how do i make a boot cd of any linux variant? I do not want to use a floppy or the mbr to boot to the linux. Is it possible?

Just as we can use a floppy to boot into Linux, instead of making changes into the MBR, can the same be done using a CD? I mean isn't it possible to use a CD instead of a floppy to boot into Linux ...