Create a bootable USB flash media drive for Ubuntu server

1. Get iso file:

wget https://releases.ubuntu.com/24.04.1/ubuntu-24.04.1-live-server-amd64.iso

2. Find out the name of your USB drive with the lsblk command:

lsblk

3. Format the flash drive:

sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdc bs=1M status=progress && sync

4. Write the iso file to it:

sudo dd if=ubuntu-24.04.1-live-server-amd64.iso of=/dev/sdc bs=1M status=progress && sync

Alternatively:

sudo dd if=ubuntu-24.04.1-live-server-amd64.iso of=/dev/sdc bs=1M status=progress oflag=sync