Fedora Media Writer is supported on Windows and macOS. However, it can be used for other Linux distributions as well, such as Oracle Linux. The Fedora Media Writer is a utility from the Fedora project for creating installation media primarily for Fedora Linux installations. This tutorial focuses on using Fedora Media Writer to create installation media on a USB drive. However, you can choose any preferred third party utility, such as Balena Etcher or Rufus. An Oracle Linux installation requires that you need to create an installation media from the ISO image.Īs the official documentation shows, Oracle’s supported method for creating the installation media is by using the dd command. Oracle Linux is distributed as an ISO image, which is a binary representation of the files and contents for installing the operating system.

This tutorial provides optional instructions only as a convenience. Oracle does not provide technical support for the instructions in this tutorial because the steps refer to software programs and operating systems that are not provided by Oracle. This tutorial describes how to use Fedora Media Writer to create Oracle Linux installation media on a USB device. When completing your lab, substitute these values with ones specific to your cloud environment.Ĭreate USB Installation Media for Oracle Linux with Fedora Media Writer

It uses example values for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure credentials, tenancy, and compartments.To sign up for a free account, see Get started with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Free Tier.

This tutorial requires access to Oracle Cloud.

Universal usb installer.