▲ 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?
[–] boredsquirrel@slrpnk.net 23 points 2 years ago (3 children) What? Rufus just flashes ISOs to disks. On Linux you can doo that with udisksctl or dd Impression Fedora Media Writer KDE Iso Image writer Balena Etcher But you are talking about something completely different and Ventoy does that. permalink fedilink source hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] ShortN0te@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) Or just cat file.img > /dev/.... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] boredsquirrel@slrpnk.net 3 points 2 years ago (2 children) I think you should use dd for that? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] ShortN0te@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Why? I am free to use whatever I want. This is not Microsoft Windows. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] boredsquirrel@slrpnk.net 0 points 2 years ago What permalink fedilink source parent [–] qpsLCV5@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) using dd for that is outdated info that everyone keeps blindly parroting with zero understanding why. cat is simpler and works fine. note: both cat and dd only work for this when the image is made in a compatible way, my linux isos always work fine but a windows iso didnt and needs a more specific tool. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] boredsquirrel@slrpnk.net 0 points 2 years ago (2 children) cat is for writing files, dd for writing disks. Can you explain how this can work? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] ShortN0te@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) No, cat is not for writing files. Cat is for reading files and directing the data to standard output. With ">" you are directing standard output to a file, in this case a blockdevice. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] boredsquirrel@slrpnk.net 1 point 2 years ago Cool, need to try that permalink fedilink source parent [–] tuna@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 years ago /dev/sdX is a file, and both dd, cat can read files in full. You can even try something like zstd to compress it too. One of the nice things about dd though is you can see the progress with --status=progress permalink fedilink source parent [–] eruchitanda@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) TIL you can do that with udisksctl. How can you do that? I usually just use dd or Ventoy. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] boredsquirrel@slrpnk.net 1 point 2 years ago I thought that was what Impression uses but it doesnt tell that anymore. So I dont know permalink fedilink source parent [–] rotopenguin@infosec.pub 1 point 2 years ago Raspberry pi imager is supposed to be pretty good permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ShortN0te@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) Or just cat file.img > /dev/.... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] boredsquirrel@slrpnk.net 3 points 2 years ago (2 children) I think you should use dd for that? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] ShortN0te@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Why? I am free to use whatever I want. This is not Microsoft Windows. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] boredsquirrel@slrpnk.net 0 points 2 years ago What permalink fedilink source parent [–] qpsLCV5@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) using dd for that is outdated info that everyone keeps blindly parroting with zero understanding why. cat is simpler and works fine. note: both cat and dd only work for this when the image is made in a compatible way, my linux isos always work fine but a windows iso didnt and needs a more specific tool. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] boredsquirrel@slrpnk.net 0 points 2 years ago (2 children) cat is for writing files, dd for writing disks. Can you explain how this can work? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] ShortN0te@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) No, cat is not for writing files. Cat is for reading files and directing the data to standard output. With ">" you are directing standard output to a file, in this case a blockdevice. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] boredsquirrel@slrpnk.net 1 point 2 years ago Cool, need to try that permalink fedilink source parent [–] tuna@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 years ago /dev/sdX is a file, and both dd, cat can read files in full. You can even try something like zstd to compress it too. One of the nice things about dd though is you can see the progress with --status=progress permalink fedilink source parent
[–] boredsquirrel@slrpnk.net 3 points 2 years ago (2 children) I think you should use dd for that? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] ShortN0te@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Why? I am free to use whatever I want. This is not Microsoft Windows. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] boredsquirrel@slrpnk.net 0 points 2 years ago What permalink fedilink source parent [–] qpsLCV5@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) using dd for that is outdated info that everyone keeps blindly parroting with zero understanding why. cat is simpler and works fine. note: both cat and dd only work for this when the image is made in a compatible way, my linux isos always work fine but a windows iso didnt and needs a more specific tool. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] boredsquirrel@slrpnk.net 0 points 2 years ago (2 children) cat is for writing files, dd for writing disks. Can you explain how this can work? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] ShortN0te@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) No, cat is not for writing files. Cat is for reading files and directing the data to standard output. With ">" you are directing standard output to a file, in this case a blockdevice. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] boredsquirrel@slrpnk.net 1 point 2 years ago Cool, need to try that permalink fedilink source parent [–] tuna@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 years ago /dev/sdX is a file, and both dd, cat can read files in full. You can even try something like zstd to compress it too. One of the nice things about dd though is you can see the progress with --status=progress permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ShortN0te@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Why? I am free to use whatever I want. This is not Microsoft Windows. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] boredsquirrel@slrpnk.net 0 points 2 years ago What permalink fedilink source parent
[–] qpsLCV5@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) using dd for that is outdated info that everyone keeps blindly parroting with zero understanding why. cat is simpler and works fine. note: both cat and dd only work for this when the image is made in a compatible way, my linux isos always work fine but a windows iso didnt and needs a more specific tool. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] boredsquirrel@slrpnk.net 0 points 2 years ago (2 children) cat is for writing files, dd for writing disks. Can you explain how this can work? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] ShortN0te@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) No, cat is not for writing files. Cat is for reading files and directing the data to standard output. With ">" you are directing standard output to a file, in this case a blockdevice. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] boredsquirrel@slrpnk.net 1 point 2 years ago Cool, need to try that permalink fedilink source parent [–] tuna@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 years ago /dev/sdX is a file, and both dd, cat can read files in full. You can even try something like zstd to compress it too. One of the nice things about dd though is you can see the progress with --status=progress permalink fedilink source parent
[–] boredsquirrel@slrpnk.net 0 points 2 years ago (2 children) cat is for writing files, dd for writing disks. Can you explain how this can work? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] ShortN0te@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) No, cat is not for writing files. Cat is for reading files and directing the data to standard output. With ">" you are directing standard output to a file, in this case a blockdevice. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] boredsquirrel@slrpnk.net 1 point 2 years ago Cool, need to try that permalink fedilink source parent [–] tuna@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 years ago /dev/sdX is a file, and both dd, cat can read files in full. You can even try something like zstd to compress it too. One of the nice things about dd though is you can see the progress with --status=progress permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ShortN0te@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) No, cat is not for writing files. Cat is for reading files and directing the data to standard output. With ">" you are directing standard output to a file, in this case a blockdevice. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] boredsquirrel@slrpnk.net 1 point 2 years ago Cool, need to try that permalink fedilink source parent
[–] boredsquirrel@slrpnk.net 1 point 2 years ago Cool, need to try that permalink fedilink source parent
[–] tuna@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 years ago /dev/sdX is a file, and both dd, cat can read files in full. You can even try something like zstd to compress it too. One of the nice things about dd though is you can see the progress with --status=progress permalink fedilink source parent
[–] eruchitanda@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) TIL you can do that with udisksctl. How can you do that? I usually just use dd or Ventoy. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] boredsquirrel@slrpnk.net 1 point 2 years ago I thought that was what Impression uses but it doesnt tell that anymore. So I dont know permalink fedilink source parent
[–] boredsquirrel@slrpnk.net 1 point 2 years ago I thought that was what Impression uses but it doesnt tell that anymore. So I dont know permalink fedilink source parent
[–] rotopenguin@infosec.pub 1 point 2 years ago Raspberry pi imager is supposed to be pretty good permalink fedilink source parent