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While formatting USB for making it a BOOTABLE USB for installing LINUX. Which format will be better for my 8gb Pendrive. NTFS or FAT32?

Edit: Using LIVE LINUX USB creator

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  • The application probably can choose for you. – 41754 Jan 22 '14 at 14:43
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    Probably none of the above. But you really need to add some more details—e.g., give us a link to the instructions you're using to make this bootable pen drive. – derobert Jan 22 '14 at 14:48
  • A normally formatted USB stick cannot be bootable, so don't bother -- whatever you do to make it bootable will just overwrite that formatting information anyway. – goldilocks Jan 22 '14 at 15:00

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You should be able to use any of the 2 systems, but if your system is a UEFI based system, then it will only accept the FAT32 format.

Check the Wikipedia Article:

The UEFI specification explicitly requires support for FAT32 for EFI System partitions (ESPs), and FAT16 or FAT12 for removable media:specific implementations may support other file systems.

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