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graphic utility to create / burn the Linux ISO to usb

#1 Post by elton-w »

I'm quite new to Debian (9.1.0 "Stretch), installed and tweaked by various persons. I cannot seem to find the graphical image creation tool on my device. I would like to burn 9.2 to a USB stick, for installation on another machine.
.W.. but my search skills online seem to be failing me today. :oops: :-(
TIA

respectfully

TYPO IN HEADER: should read:
"What is the name of the graphic utility to create / burn the Linux ISO image to a USB sticik? I cannot locate "imagewriter" or "usbwriter
on my device.
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Re: Wjhat is the nme of the graphic image creator

#2 Post by Bulkley »

Not sure what you are after but try Gimp.

Libre Office has a Draw feature.

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#3 Post by GarryRicketson »

To work with images, including creating them and all my graphics needs, I use "ImageMagick"

To burn a image to a CD I use Xfburn:
https://wiki.debian.org/BurnCd

I don't use a "graphic image creator", to write a iso to a usb stick, I use
the 'dd' command,

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man dd 
by elton-w »... but my search skills online seem to be failing me today.
I would do the search for you BUT , but my search skills online seem to be failing me today as well, sorry

With respect :mrgreen:

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#4 Post by elton-w »

Bulkley wrote:Not sure what you are after but try Gimp.
Libre Office has a Draw feature.
Unfortunately, I am unable to correct the typo of the header of my original post. :oops:

I wish to burn a USB stick from ISO image, using a graphical utility, rather than from a console session.
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#5 Post by elton-w »

GarryRicketson wrote:To work with images, including creating them and all my graphics needs, I use "ImageMagick"

To burn a image to a CD I use Xfburn:
https://wiki.debian.org/BurnCd

I don't use a "graphic image creator", to write a iso to a usb stick, I use
the 'dd' command,

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man dd 
by elton-w »... but my search skills online seem to be failing me today.
I would do the search for you BUT , but my search skills online seem to be failing me today as well, sorry

With respect :mrgreen:
I specifically do NOT want to use a console session for this. Thanks.
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#6 Post by bw123 »

There might be something already installed. try this

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$ apropos burn
k3b (1)              - KDE CD burning program
I don't know if the burn utils work with usb, but they probably do.
I would like to burn 9.2 to a USB stick, for installation on another machine
Do it with dd, it's just righter to do it that way.
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#7 Post by GarryRicketson »

by bw123 » I don't know if the burn utils work with usb,
I don't think they are intended to be used on a USB,..... they are for burning
CD's, ...............

by elton-w » I specifically do NOT want to use a console session for this. Thanks.
As far as I know there is no other way, at least on Debian, I don't think there
are any graphical utilities in the Debian repositories for this.

How do I write a CD/DVD/BD image to a USB flash drive?
On a Linux machine, simply use the "cp" command, to copy an image to a USB flash drive:

cp <file> <device>

Alternatively you can also use "dd":

dd if=<file> of=<device> bs=4M; sync
Do you realize you could have all ready done this several times ?, use the 'dd' command, it takes about 10 seconds to type it in.
If you are unwilling or unable to do some searches, then you are going to just have to take my word for it. Or wait and see if someone else knows of some
GUI program you can install.... you could have written the iso to 5 usb sticks
in the same amount of time you have spent on this topic.
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#8 Post by Bulkley »

Sorry about my previous reply. I thought you wanted to draw pictures. Oops.

For burning USBs I use Etcher. I run it in my ~/user space. It is not formally installed.

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elton-w wrote:Unfortunately, I am unable to correct the typo of the header of my original post. :oops:
I fixed it for you
DD FTW

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#10 Post by elton-w »

GarryRicketson wrote:
by bw123 » I don't know if the burn utils work with usb,
I don't think they are intended to be used on a USB,..... they are for burning
CD's, ...............

by elton-w » I specifically do NOT want to use a console session for this. Thanks.
As far as I know there is no other way, at least on Debian, I don't think there
are any graphical utilities in the Debian repositories for this.

How do I write a CD/DVD/BD image to a USB flash drive?
On a Linux machine, simply use the "cp" command, to copy an image to a USB flash drive:

cp <file> <device>

Alternatively you can also use "dd":

dd if=<file> of=<device> bs=4M; sync
Do you realize you could have all ready done this several times, use the 'dd' command, it takes about 10 seconds to type it in.
If you are unwilling or unable to do some searches, then you are going to just have to take my word for it. Or wait and see if someone else knows of some
GUI program you can install.... you could have written the iso to 5 usb sticks
in the same amount of time you have spent on this topic.
Sir ..with respect:

1) I have poor eyesight
2) I have a tendency to typos
3) I am VERY aware that a newbie can wipe out an entire drive if the dd command is improperly executed.
...hence my specific request (...my "obstinacy", if you willl...) in choosing a GUI application.

Or, failing that, perhaps I could switch back to another distro / forum where there is more tolerance for people like myself. :|

FWIW, I have used grapical apps for thus purpose in Mint Linux but my ignorance of "pure Debian" has led me to this impasse.
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Re: graphic utility to create / burn the Linux ISO to usb

#11 Post by arochester »

graphic utility to create / burn the Linux ISO to usb
Etcher. https://etcher.io/

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#12 Post by RU55EL »

If you are running Debian and Gnome, there is Disks, which will allow you to restore a disk image (ISO) to a USB drive.

https://fedoramagazine.org/how-to-make- ... ome-disks/

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#13 Post by stevepusser »

You can very probably install and use gnome-disks on other environments, too. No help from "Disks" in the menu to really let a user know that it can create USB installers. You can also use the ddrescue gui package that's already in the repo to use dd in a GUI to create a USB, but that needs a few extra clicks and probably would not be better for you than a simpler package.
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#14 Post by elton-w »

RU55EL wrote:If you are running Debian and Gnome, there is Disks, which will allow you to restore a disk image (ISO) to a USB drive.

https://fedoramagazine.org/how-to-make- ... ome-disks/
I have often used gnome-disk-utillity (which is installed by default). Mainly I use it for creating partitions. I was ignorant of its usage for burning ISO's to USB. I still have much to learn!

Thank you. :)
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In response to all comments: thank you for your help.
In the meantime, I had booted into Windows 10 and burnt the images using "Rufus".
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#16 Post by Bulkley »

RU55EL wrote:If you are running Debian and Gnome, there is Disks, which will allow you to restore a disk image (ISO) to a USB drive.

https://fedoramagazine.org/how-to-make- ... ome-disks/
Thanks for that. I tried it and it works. The article and video are a bit out of date in that the clickable icons have been moved and the language has been altered (Restore disk image is now Restore disk partition) but those are cosmetic. All in all it is a good alternative to Unetbootin.

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#17 Post by RU55EL »

I was kind of surprised when I found out that you could use "disks" for creating installation disks from ISOs. If I remember correctly, I discovered it at the Raspberry Pi website.

I really like the Raspberry Pi because it is cheap, useful, and if you know Debian, very easy to use. I was surprised when I learned a couple things from the Raspberry Pi website that helped me with Debian. sshfs is another useful program I discovered at the Raspberry Pi website.

I alway keep at least one Rpi seeding Debian installation DVDs 24/7.

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#18 Post by elton-w »

RU55EL wrote:If you are running Debian and Gnome, there is Disks, which will allow you to restore a disk image (ISO) to a USB drive.

https://fedoramagazine.org/how-to-make- ... ome-disks/
A special "thank" you for that. I've often used gnome disks totally unaware of its use for re-recreate images. All this time I was beating myself on the head !! <DUH>

Shows that I still have much to learn. MUCH APPRECIATED! :D :D
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#19 Post by suberccz »

arochester wrote:
graphic utility to create / burn the Linux ISO to usb
ISO Burner. https://www.passmoz.com/burn-iso-image- ... -ways.html
This tool supports USB stick only. I can't burn the image to DVD
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#20 Post by arzgi »

suberccz wrote:
arochester wrote:
graphic utility to create / burn the Linux ISO to usb
Etcher. https://etcher.io/
This tool supports USB stick only. I can't burn the image to DVD
Use any cd-writing program, just remember to make dvd bootable. I don't know any windows programs for that, I guess there are many, if you already are using Linux, xfburn for example.

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