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Re: [LUG] Startup Disk Creator

 

I have started to use dd for this sort of thing, command line based,  It
just works,  just make sure you write to the _correct_device_ or you
could end up with serious problems.

I got fed up of programs like unetbootin (or however you spell it) et
-al making a complete mess things.

dd if=file.iso of=/dev/device_name

Where device_name is found in lsblk (list block devices)

last time i used it to make a mint 18.3 iso I used

dd if=linuxmint-18.3-cinnamon-64bit.iso of=/dev/sdc

You can specify the block size bs=  and also get it to display progress.



Paul

On 14/02/18 15:23, Julian Hall wrote:
> On 14/02/18 13:30, Neil wrote:
>> Recently I was strongly advised to put a copy of a distro on a USB
>> stick which I could then run on other computers. So I have been
>> researching this, and getting a bit confused as usual.
>>
>> I have installed a package, start up disk creator, and have now tried
>> it out. It runs OK, and it finds the USB stick as expected. Now I have
>> two iso images in my Downloads folder, one for Linux Lite and one for
>> MX 17.
>>
>> When I run the package it finds L Lite, no problem. But I wanted to
>> use the other one. So I tried to tell it to use the MX 17 iso, but it
>> simply does not see it. Since they are both iso files this has left me
>> baffled.
>>
>> This was all done on my laptop. So, as an extra check, I tried it on
>> my desk top computer, with the same result. Linux Lite fine, MX 17,
>> never heard of it.
>>
>> Any ideas anyone?
>>
>> Neil
>>
>>
> Hi Neil,
> 
> I forget which distro you use, but in Mint there is a stock menu item -
> USB Image Writer. It seems to be Mint specific as the command it runs is
> 'mintstick -m iso'.
> 
> Kind regards,
> 
> Julian
> 

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