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Take your local laws into account when downloading torrents.
Some torrents can be copyright infringing and therefor illegal to download.
Only download legal and safe torrents like the
[Arch Linux ISO](/wiki/linux/arch-linux.md#iso-medium).
[Arch Linux ISO](/wiki/linux/arch-linux.md#create-installation-medium).
Seeding it can help the community.

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The entry features a guide to install a system with a X server setup aswell as
programs for the most used tasks on a system.
### ISO Medium
### Create Installation Medium
For the installation usage of a simple USB key is advised.
This has to be flashed with the Arch ISO.
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[official website](https://www.archlinux.org/download/).
The iso can be written on an USB-stick using the command
`dd bs=4M if=<path to ISO> of=/dev/sdx conv=fsync oflag=direct status=progress`.
`<path to ISO>` points the command to the location of the ISO file
`<path to ISO>` points the command to the location of the ISO file.
Alternatively a [Ventoy stick can be created](/wiki/ventoy.md) which can contain multiple
[ISO images](/wiki/linux/iso_image.md) without flashing.
## Usage
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This section focusses on a basic guide to troubleshoot systems that are not bootable.
To access the files of the system an Arch Linux boot stick has to be created as explained in
[a previous section](#iso-medium).
[a previous section](#create-installation-medium).
After booting into it set your keymap layout using the `loadkeys` setup similar to
[the installation preparation](/wiki/linux/arch-linux/installation.md#1-preparation).
Afterwards [mount](/wiki/linux/disk-management.md#mounting) the partition that contains the root

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```sh
bchunk IMAGE.bin IMAGE.cue IMAGE.iso
```
### Linux Boot Stick
Many [Linux distributions](/wiki/linux.md), but also [Windows](/wiki/windows.md) use boot sticks
to install or repair the system.
The [Arch Linux entry](/wiki/linux/arch-linux.md) contains a section on the
[creation of such a stick](/wiki/linux/arch-linux.md#create-installation-medium).
An alternative to this is [Ventoy](/wiki/ventoy.md) which is cross-platform and can contain
multiple `.iso` files at the same time.

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# Ventoy
[Ventoy](https://www.ventoy.net/en/index.html) is an open-source tool to create a bootable USB
stick.
Ventoy enables the stick to contain multiple image files at once and easily add and remove it from
the stick.
## Setup
For [Windows](/wiki/windows.md) the easiest way to install Ventoy to an USB stick is to navigate to
the [Ventoys download page](https://www.ventoy.net/en/download.html).
On there download the file named similarly to `ventoy-...-windows.zip`.
After unzipping it an executable is contained that can install Ventoy to a USB stick.
For most [Linux distributions](/wiki/linux.md) Ventoy contained in a package named `ventoy` or
`ventoy-bin`.
Using it Ventoy can be installed to a USB stick with a command like the following.
In this example the USB stick to install to is listed under `/dev/sdg`.
```sh
ventoy -i /dev/sdg
```
## Usage
The most important steps to use a Ventoy stick is the adding and removal of image files to the
stick.
Unlike the usual flashing that is for example shown in the
[Linux ISO Image entry](/wiki/linux/iso_image.md) `.iso` or other image files can just be moved or
copied to the empty partition of a Ventoy installed USB stick.
Using this partition the image files can also be removed.