help On Fri, Nov 16, 2018 at 4:39 PM <[email protected]> wrote:
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Re: Startup Disk Creator issue -- Ubuntu MATE (Russell Senior) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2018 15:01:23 -0800 > From: Dick Steffens <[email protected]> > To: PLUG List <[email protected]> > Subject: [PLUG] Startup Disk Creator issue -- Ubuntu MATE > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed > > I'm trying to create a startup USB stick. I opened Startup Disk Creator. > It sees the 32 GB USB stick, but it won't put the .iso file in the > source panel. The .iso file is only 702.5 MB, so that shouldn't be a > problem. I've use the tool before without problems. > > The .iso file is slackware-live-xfce-current.iso > > I have another iso that Startup Disk Creator will put in the source > panel, linuxmint-19-mate-64bit-v2.iso > > Any ideas what I'm missing? Does it just mean that there's something > wrong with the file and I should download it again? > > -- > Regards, > > Dick Steffens > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2018 15:16:31 -0800 (PST) > From: Rich Shepard <[email protected]> > To: Portland Linux/Unix Group <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [PLUG] Startup Disk Creator issue -- Ubuntu MATE > Message-ID: > <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed > > On Fri, 16 Nov 2018, Dick Steffens wrote: > > > Any ideas what I'm missing? Does it just mean that there's something > wrong > > with the file and I should download it again? > > Dick, > > Did you check the md5sum after downloading the file? That will tell you > if > the download is complete and correct. > > Regards, > > Rich > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2018 15:24:08 -0800 > From: Dick Steffens <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [PLUG] Startup Disk Creator issue -- Ubuntu MATE > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed > > On 11/16/18 3:16 PM, Rich Shepard wrote: > > On Fri, 16 Nov 2018, Dick Steffens wrote: > > > >> Any ideas what I'm missing? Does it just mean that there's something > >> wrong > >> with the file and I should download it again? > > > > Dick, > > > > ? Did you check the md5sum after downloading the file? That will tell > > you if > > the download is complete and correct. > > I got a match. > > > -- > Regards, > > Dick Steffens > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2018 15:45:14 -0800 (PST) > From: Rich Shepard <[email protected]> > To: Portland Linux/Unix Group <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [PLUG] Startup Disk Creator issue -- Ubuntu MATE > Message-ID: > <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed > > On Fri, 16 Nov 2018, Dick Steffens wrote: > > > I got a match. > > Then the file's okay and I have no other insights to offer now. There > should be no reason why an *.iso file cannot be copied to a flash drive, > unless there's a permissions issue somewhere. > > Regards, > > Rich > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2018 16:07:12 -0800 > From: Dick Steffens <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: [PLUG] Resolved: Startup Disk Creator issue -- Ubuntu MATE > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed > > On 11/16/18 3:45 PM, Rich Shepard wrote: > > On Fri, 16 Nov 2018, Dick Steffens wrote: > > > >> I got a match. > > > > ? Then the file's okay and I have no other insights to offer now. There > > should be no reason why an *.iso file cannot be copied to a flash drive, > > unless there's a permissions issue somewhere. > > Mr. Google led to an answer. It appears that Startup Disk Creator only > works on Ubuntu and derivatives. Linux Mint has a tool that is not > hobbled in that way. That was successful, and I'm booting up my laptop > with the live version of Slackware. > > -- > Regards, > > Dick Steffens > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2018 16:32:02 -0800 > From: Russell Senior <[email protected]> > To: "Portland Linux/Unix Group" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [PLUG] Startup Disk Creator issue -- Ubuntu MATE > Message-ID: > < > cahp3wfm7g8g3kxpv-v6awmffwrsh1b7za45seer8abrjdep...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > fwiw, I've always just used dd. You need to be very sure what device > you are writing to (don't nuke your hard disk!). > On Fri, Nov 16, 2018 at 3:03 PM Dick Steffens <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > I'm trying to create a startup USB stick. I opened Startup Disk Creator. > > It sees the 32 GB USB stick, but it won't put the .iso file in the > > source panel. The .iso file is only 702.5 MB, so that shouldn't be a > > problem. I've use the tool before without problems. > > > > The .iso file is slackware-live-xfce-current.iso > > > > I have another iso that Startup Disk Creator will put in the source > > panel, linuxmint-19-mate-64bit-v2.iso > > > > Any ideas what I'm missing? Does it just mean that there's something > > wrong with the file and I should download it again? > > > > -- > > Regards, > > > > Dick Steffens > > > > _______________________________________________ > > PLUG mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 7 > Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2018 16:35:52 -0800 > From: John Jason Jordan <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [PLUG] Resolved: Startup Disk Creator issue -- Ubuntu > MATE > Message-ID: <20181116163552.6e1305ea@Devil-Bonobo> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > On Fri, 16 Nov 2018 16:07:12 -0800 > Dick Steffens <[email protected]> dijo: > > >On 11/16/18 3:45 PM, Rich Shepard wrote: > >> On Fri, 16 Nov 2018, Dick Steffens wrote: > >> > >>> I got a match. > >> > >> ? Then the file's okay and I have no other insights to offer now. > >> There should be no reason why an *.iso file cannot be copied to a > >> flash drive, unless there's a permissions issue somewhere. > > > >Mr. Google led to an answer. It appears that Startup Disk Creator only > >works on Ubuntu and derivatives. Linux Mint has a tool that is not > >hobbled in that way. That was successful, and I'm booting up my laptop > >with the live version of Slackware. > > I was going to suggest a different tool, but you already found one that > works. > > I burn ISOs to USB drives all the time at the Clinic. I used to use > Unetbootin, but lately I've been using Etcher, which I like a little > better (faster, better GUI). > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 8 > Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2018 16:38:35 -0800 > From: Russell Senior <[email protected]> > To: "Portland Linux/Unix Group" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [PLUG] Startup Disk Creator issue -- Ubuntu MATE > Message-ID: > <CAHP3WfO+BBE8oXs-yWeFLLNE+T=+_ > [email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > On Fri, Nov 16, 2018 at 4:32 PM Russell Senior > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > fwiw, I've always just used dd. You need to be very sure what device > > you are writing to (don't nuke your hard disk!). > > My process is something like this: > a) plug in new usb thumbdrive; > b) check the last part of dmesg to confirm the device, e.g.: dmesg -T > | tail -n 30 > c) check to see if your system automounted any pre-existing > partitions on the thumbdrive, using mount. If so, umount them. > d) dd if=my.iso of=/dev/sdN bs=1M status=progress (where N is the > lower-case letter associated with the thumbdrive, BE SURE!) > e) when dd has finished, run "sync" to make sure the dirty buffers > make it to the device > f) when sync returns to a shell prompt, you can safely remove the > thumbdrive. > > > > On Fri, Nov 16, 2018 at 3:03 PM Dick Steffens <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > > I'm trying to create a startup USB stick. I opened Startup Disk > Creator. > > > It sees the 32 GB USB stick, but it won't put the .iso file in the > > > source panel. The .iso file is only 702.5 MB, so that shouldn't be a > > > problem. I've use the tool before without problems. > > > > > > The .iso file is slackware-live-xfce-current.iso > > > > > > I have another iso that Startup Disk Creator will put in the source > > > panel, linuxmint-19-mate-64bit-v2.iso > > > > > > Any ideas what I'm missing? Does it just mean that there's something > > > wrong with the file and I should download it again? > > > > > > -- > > > Regards, > > > > > > Dick Steffens > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > PLUG mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > PLUG: http://pdxlinux.org > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > > > End of PLUG Digest, Vol 170, Issue 30 > ************************************* > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
