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[–] 54 points 2 years ago (6 children)

Is Dd not an option? I dont get why every distro need their own usb image writer when dd and ventoy already exist.

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  • [–] 33 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

    dd literally has the nickname "disk destroyer", and it is a well-earned title. Once you have a bad default choice and no pre-installed alternative, you'll have at minimum 3 competing tools. Just the way the world works.

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  • [–] 20 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (4 children)

    Unraid doesn't use images you can download. They check the USBs UUID GUID before installing. I am not defending this, but as it's going to be the boot device for the server this is a little handy feature.

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  • [–] 26 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    the unique GUID in the device's rom is what they tie your license to.

    unraid does have instructions and software as zip files for manually preparing a flash drive to run their software from. you don't have to use their scary binary media creator tool. see here

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