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There are several ways to install a Linux distribution. The most popular method of installing Linux is by booting from a live [[USB memory stick]], which can be created by using a USB image writer application and the ISO image, which can be downloaded from various Linux distribution websites. DVD disks, CD disks, network installations and even other hard drives can also be used as "installation media".<ref name="JnYKa">{{cite web|url=https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/amd64/ch02s04.html.en|title=2.4. Installation Media|website=www.debian.org|access-date=July 23, 2018|archive-date=July 24, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180724032431/https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/amd64/ch02s04.html.en|url-status=dead}}</ref>
In the 1990s, Linux distributions were installed using sets of [[floppy disk]]s but this has been abandoned by all major distributions. By the 2000s many distributions offered CD and DVD sets with the vital packages on the first
New users tend to begin by [[Disk partitioning|partitioning]] a hard drive in order to keep their previously installed operating system. The Linux distribution can then be installed on its own separate partition without affecting previously saved data.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WindowsDualBoot|title= WindowsDualBoot|access-date= 12 December 2021|work= ubuntu.com|date= 29 June 2015|archive-url= https://archive.today/20200302204031/https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WindowsDualBoot|archive-date= 2 March 2020|url-status= live}}</ref>
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