This is where the term "install ISO file" usually applies. You cannot just copy the ISO file to a USB stick and plug it in—that won't boot. You need a special tool to write the ISO to the USB drive.

The screen filled with data streams. Temperature readings, voltage levels, flow rates. He was in.

He yanked the USB drive the second the notification popped up. He shoved it into his pocket just as the door handle turned. The security guard, a heavyset man named Miller, shined a flashlight into the room.