Save copy of GUI instructions

Author: c-git

content/debian/create_bootable_flash.md

@@ -1,18 +1,20 @@
 +++
 title="Create Bootable Flash Drive"
 date = 2023-07-27
-updated = 2025-04-26
+updated = 2026-01-30
 extra = { series = "Debian" }
 taxonomies = { tags = ["Debian"] }
 +++
 
-### Display List of Hard Drives
+# Create via terminal
+
+## Display List of Hard Drives
 
 ```sh
 lsblk
 ```
 
-### Copy ISO onto a flash drive
+## Copy ISO onto a flash drive
 
 TIP: Before executing the command below you may want to format the disk but not create a volume.
 I didn't format it once and it wrote to "cache" and I had a very hard time knowing when it was done actually writing to the drive.
@@ -24,3 +26,24 @@ _NB: Takes a while with no feedback, until fail/pass_
 ```sh
 cp debian.iso /dev/sdX
 ```
+
+# Create via GUI
+
+Ubuntu has instructions on [their website](https://documentation.ubuntu.com/desktop/en/latest/tutorial/install-ubuntu-desktop/), which I've tried up to the part of loading onto the flash drive.
+
+Relevant section copied below in case their site "goes away" (or gets relocated or reorganized or restructured or otherwise cannot be found anymore).
+
+> 1. Open the Disks application. You can find it in the applications menu or by searching for “Disks”.
+> 2. Insert your USB stick. It appears in the sidebar. Select it there.\
+   > **WARNING: Make sure to select the USB stick and not the disk with your running system. Both are listed.**\
+   > ![Screenshot of disk application](https://documentation.ubuntu.com/desktop/en/latest/_images/usb-in-gnome-disks.png)
+> 3. Close all applications that access files or folders on the USB stick, including the file browser.
+> 4. In the Disks window header, click `Drive Options (⋮)` and select `Restore Disk Image…`\
+   > ![Screenshot of menu with "Restore Disk Image"](https://documentation.ubuntu.com/desktop/en/latest/_images/restore-disk-image-menu.png)
+> 5. Next to `Image to Restore`, select the downloaded Ubuntu image file.
+> 6. Click `Start Restoring…` and confirm. The application asks for your password.\
+   > ![Screenshot of prompt for starting restoration](https://documentation.ubuntu.com/desktop/en/latest/_images/restore-disk-image-dialog.png)
+> 7. A progress bar appears while Disks is writing the image.\
+   > ![Screenshot of progress bar](https://documentation.ubuntu.com/desktop/en/latest/_images/gnome-disks-restoring-image.png)
+> 8. When the progress bar finishes, click `Eject this disk (⏏)`.\
+   > ![Screenshot with eject highlighted](https://documentation.ubuntu.com/desktop/en/latest/_images/gnome-disks-finished-writing.png)