▲ 44 ▼ Bootloader equivalent to Rufus (lemm.ee) submitted 2 years ago by tombruzzo@lemm.ee to c/linux@lemmy.ml 53 comments fedilink hide all child comments I've been trying to find a linux programming similar to Rufus to flash images of OSes on a thumb drive. Nothing from the listicles on the internet or the programs in flatpak have worked for me as well as Rufus on Windows. What have you used that's worked well? Or, could I run Rufus on my linux machine with WINE?
[–] vvv@programming.dev 8 points 2 years ago (2 children) dd if=image.img of=/dev/disk/flashdrive is usually all you need permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] turbowafflz@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (2 children) The cursed but arguably better way is cp image.img /dev/whatever permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] vvv@programming.dev 5 points 2 years ago* is that more or less cursed than cat image.img > /dev/whatever? permalink fedilink source parent [–] rotopenguin@infosec.pub 2 points 2 years ago Betterest is pv image.img > /dev/sdx permalink fedilink source parent [–] Barzaria@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 years ago if is short for input file if is short for output file This dd command from the command line is what I use because it is built in and perfectly bare bones for my needs. I like to use the command flag --status=progress to show a status bar while duplicating the data. A word of caution: the dd, or 'data duplicator' program is sometimes known as the 'destroy disk' program because if you flash the iso file to the wrong disk/drive you can mess up the drive. Use the appropriate level of caution because there is no undo button. You can use the lsblk command to list the block devices on your machine and use the correct device. Quick instructions: use lsblk to list your block devices and locate your flash drive. If the flash drive is mounted (the /sdb/ will have something like /media/files if it is) you can unmount with $umount /path/to/sdb. Once the drive is unmounted you can use the dd program to duplicate the data (iso file) to your drive. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] turbowafflz@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (2 children) The cursed but arguably better way is cp image.img /dev/whatever permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] vvv@programming.dev 5 points 2 years ago* is that more or less cursed than cat image.img > /dev/whatever? permalink fedilink source parent [–] rotopenguin@infosec.pub 2 points 2 years ago Betterest is pv image.img > /dev/sdx permalink fedilink source parent
[–] vvv@programming.dev 5 points 2 years ago* is that more or less cursed than cat image.img > /dev/whatever? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] rotopenguin@infosec.pub 2 points 2 years ago Betterest is pv image.img > /dev/sdx permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Barzaria@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 years ago if is short for input file if is short for output file This dd command from the command line is what I use because it is built in and perfectly bare bones for my needs. I like to use the command flag --status=progress to show a status bar while duplicating the data. A word of caution: the dd, or 'data duplicator' program is sometimes known as the 'destroy disk' program because if you flash the iso file to the wrong disk/drive you can mess up the drive. Use the appropriate level of caution because there is no undo button. You can use the lsblk command to list the block devices on your machine and use the correct device. Quick instructions: use lsblk to list your block devices and locate your flash drive. If the flash drive is mounted (the /sdb/ will have something like /media/files if it is) you can unmount with $umount /path/to/sdb. Once the drive is unmounted you can use the dd program to duplicate the data (iso file) to your drive. permalink fedilink source parent