# Installation Error Base Repository **URL:** \ **Category:** Rocky Linux Help & Support\ **Created:** [February 13, 2025, 9:20pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/installation-error-base-repository/17543 "2025-02-13T21:20:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![hwgill](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forums.rockylinux.org/hwgill/32/5144_2.png) [@hwgill](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/hwgill)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2025, 9:20pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/installation-error-base-repository/17543/1 "2025-02-13T21:20:52Z")
I used Rufus to create a bootable drive using a USB flash drive. I want to install on a USB hdd. It all starts up fine, and I can get everything cleared except the “error setting up base repository”. I don’t know what that means, and I don’t know how to fix it. I am no longer used to doing this stuff, but was hoping to play around with a new version of Linux. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![label](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c5a1d2/32.png) [@label](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/label)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2025, 9:22pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/installation-error-base-repository/17543/2 "2025-02-13T21:22:47Z")
You will need to use rufus in dd mode, as rufus damages the ISO and its contents as it writes to a USB drive. Otherwise, you will need to use a different writer program. See our wiki for more information. > **[Rocky Linux ISOs and Images - Rocky Linux Wiki](https://wiki.rockylinux.org/rocky/image/#notes-about-writing-the-isos)** > > The wiki for the Rocky Linux project ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/rockylinux/original/1X/91b7219eec10e30013422e4df76c1d898711a5d5.svg) [@system](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2025, 9:23pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/installation-error-base-repository/17543/3 "2025-04-14T21:23:40Z")
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