Linux boot media need not be tricky! In today's episode, I'll talk about four ways to flash an ISO from Windows (and other systems too). I know a lot of you are switching to Linux because of Micros...
  • Thrickles@lemm.eeEnglish
    141·
    6 months ago

    Great suggestions. The Ventoy bros are weird. Just use what works for you.

  • megabat@lemm.ee
    8·
    6 months ago

    dd, or cat with a shell redirect are all you need to write that iso.

    My trouble with dd is all the flags I need to remember to make it fast and more convenient. dd if=file of=/dev/device oflag=direct status=progress bs=1M is there anything I’m missing?

    • mesamune@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      3·
      6 months ago

      dd can be soooo much faster too. But like you, I always forget the tags. I should make an alias sometime…

    • BaumGeist@lemmy.ml
      1·
      6 months ago

      The video description says it’s aimed at Windows users, dd and cat have no power there

  • TheGrandNagus@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    6 months ago

    I don’t burn ISOs often enough to need a dedicated ventoy drive, or to remember how to use the DD command, so Impression is generally what I use. I generally prefer Libadwaita/GTK4 apps that look at home on my system.

      • TheGrandNagus@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        6 months ago

        I have no idea, I’ve not had to install windows in a while. From a quick search I see conflicting info…

        A user reported it didn’t work, then the dev said he tested it and it works fine

  • EarthShipTechIntern@lemm.ee
    2·
    6 months ago

    I’ve used ventoy to set up a bootable USB with Mint & MX options. It allowed me to set the Mint with persistence. The MX has issues with persistence.

    How to set up reusable boot with dd I don’t know.