When prompted by the installer screen, press Enter at the welcome message, then hit F11 to accept licensing terms. You’ll see a list of available disks; select your blank target flash drive — not the installer stick.

Activation now typically relies on cryptographically signed license files generated via the official Broadcom Support Portal GitHub "Keys" are Obsolete or Fake:

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