How to Make a CentOS 8 or CentOS Stream Linux USB bootable drive

Here is the tutorial to create a bootable USB drive using CentOS 8 Linux ISO DVD file on Windows 10/8/7 operating system.

As we know, the latest version of CentOS based on REHL 8 i.e CentOS 8 Linux has been released with lots of new features and improvements. Although the changes are same what we have seen in the RHEL 8, it is because CentOS 8 Linux is a downstream OS of Redhat. The big change, we got this time is the entry of a new rolling-based Linux OS from CentOS developer community i.e CentOS Stream which will go parallel to LTS CentOS 8 Linux. If you haven't downloaded any of them yet then you can find links for the same in this article. CentOS 8 packages will be distributed by BaseOS and AppStream repositories. Moreover, if you are on old CentOS 7 then stay tuned for the instructions to know how to upgrade CentOS 7 to CnetOS 8 Linux.

Note: You must need at least 8 GB Pen Drive to create a CentOS 8 bootable USB since the size of the OS itself is 6.6 GB.