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I wrestled for many days this past fall trying to make a working LiveUSB. Couldn't
get it to work. I was able to establish that neither the sticks nor the ports were the problem.
I find that upgrading Fedora more than a few times leaves you with a system that isn't
the same as a fresh install. That can lead to confusion when trying to solve problems.
Having a way to boot Fedora from other media can be useful when Fedora has issues.
There have been systems configured so they wouldn't boot from USB. Does yours have
space for an extra internal drive? If a friend has a system with a couple USB ports that will
boot a Fedora Live USB you could put a drive in a USB case and install Fedora in BIOS
mode, then add the drive to your system.
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