INSTALLING FEDORA WORKSTATION FROM USB - CHALLENGES
a simple looking command on a sys admin command line can prove to be a disaster to data loss.
e.g. incorrect use of fdisk with options could lead to disaster. when compared to writing commands in vim editor with writing commands on shell command line for sys admin there is a gap of horizon.
The BETTER option to deal with this is by using "gparted" a very useful software to create & manage partitions on linux . It offers a visual dimension to writing commands in sys admin shell.
This is a fool proof way of managing data with partitions.
1st case one has to download fedora media writer and fedora iso file from fedora official website., installation would take just 15 min.
cons - it would not have sufficient libraries or modules for other functions for production environment.
then subsequently other versions for production could be installed with make utility that takes at least 2-4 hrs to build locally on computer. ( only 200mb to be downloaded from linux official website )
installing from 1st case would ensure atleast skeleton framework for 2nd case is put in place such as boot folder configuration files etc.
for windows it could be that the file explorer is not recognising the usb, but a different command line program could. i.e. diskpart - a utility in windows 10 or above that could simply clean, read, format a usb.
Sometimes usb key may not get recognised in Windows but will run or open in Linux after formatting for Scandisk.
The filesystem in Windows is NTFS and in Linux is ext4. Windows may have stricter norms for opening a usb key from different file system other than NTFS or FAT.
