Writing this down again. How to burn ISO to USB

[dedanna1029]

Since I couldn't find the old thread that showed how to do this, I searched it on google. How to burn an .iso file to USB:

As full root:

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dd if=/path/to/your/isofile of=/your/usb/disk

Run fdisk -l first, and df to determine the exact drive your usb is.

For me:

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[root@dedanna dedanna]# fdisk -l

Disk /dev/sda: 931.5 GiB, 1000204886016 bytes, 1953525168 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
Disklabel type: gpt
Disk identifier: C374023C-DD10-4D05-895F-708C9093C2A9

Device          Start        End   Sectors   Size Type
/dev/sda1        2048    2050047   2048000  1000M unknown
/dev/sda2     2050048    2582527    532480   260M EFI System
/dev/sda3     2582528    4630527   2048000  1000M unknown
/dev/sda4     4630528    4892671    262144   128M Microsoft reserved
/dev/sda5     4892672  628248575 623355904 297.2G Microsoft basic data
/dev/sda6   628248576  695357439  67108864    32G Linux filesystem
/dev/sda7  1251602432 1874954239 623351808 297.2G Microsoft basic data
/dev/sda8  1874956288 1927385087  52428800    25G Microsoft basic data
/dev/sda9  1927385088 1953523711  26138624  12.5G unknown
/dev/sda10  695357440  712132607  16775168     8G Linux swap
/dev/sda11  712134656  779243519  67108864    32G Linux filesystem
/dev/sda12  779243520 1251600383 472356864 225.2G Linux filesystem

Partition table entries are not in disk order.
Disk /dev/sdc: 1.8 TiB, 2000365289472 bytes, 3906963456 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: dos
Disk identifier: 0xf3f2bb14

Device     Boot Start        End    Sectors  Size Id Type
/dev/sdc1        2048 3906963455 3906961408  1.8T  7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT

Disk /dev/sdd: 7.5 GiB, 8004304896 bytes, 15633408 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: dos
Disk identifier: 0x43f19278

Device     Boot Start     End Sectors  Size Id Type
/dev/sdd1  *        0 7653375 7653376  3.7G  0 Empty
/dev/sdd2        2720   10911    8192    4M ef EFI (FAT-12/16/32)

[root@dedanna dedanna]#

I figured it would be a good idea to umount the 2T external drive, and did. Then I ran:

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[root@dedanna dedanna]# df
Filesystem      Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
devtmpfs        3.9G     0  3.9G   0% /dev
tmpfs           3.9G  276K  3.9G   1% /dev/shm
tmpfs           3.9G  1.2M  3.9G   1% /run
/dev/sda6        32G  1.1G   31G   4% /
/dev/sda11       32G  6.1G   26G  19% /usr
tmpfs           3.9G     0  3.9G   0% /sys/fs/cgroup
tmpfs           3.9G   64K  3.9G   1% /tmp
/dev/sda7       298G  192K  298G   1% /media/win_d
/dev/sda2       256M   29M  228M  12% /boot/EFI
/dev/sda12      226G  1.4G  224G   1% /home
tmpfs           791M  8.0K  791M   1% /run/user/1001
tmpfs           791M  8.0K  791M   1% /run/user/1000
/dev/sdd1       3.7G  3.7G     0 100% /run/media/dedanna/Mageia-5-x86_64
[root@dedanna dedanna]#

The Mageia disk is the one I want to overwrite with the openSUSE iso, so I then ran:

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[root@dedanna dedanna]# md5sum /home/dedanna/Downloads/openSUSE-42.1-DVD-x86_64-Build0148-Media.iso
0ea083009c1f67b7cf51191539208075  /home/ded[root@dedanna dedanna]# dd if=/home/dedanna/Downloads/openSUSE-42.1-DVD-x86_64-Build0148-Media.iso of=/dev/sdd1

This because I copied it over from the 2T drive, and wanted to be sure the copy was good.
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[root@dedanna dedanna]# dd if=/home/dedanna/Downloads/openSUSE-42.1-DVD-x86_64-Build0148-Media.iso of=/dev/sdd1

Et, voila...

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[root@dedanna dedanna]#

Now, just ask me if I give a crap if I destroyed the Windows partition or the Mageia one. Just ask me. LOL.

[viking60]

Ok
Do you give a crap if you destroy your Windows partition?

[dedanna1029]

Not really lol.

I pretty much have this down to a science anyway.

[viking60]

Since I couldn't find the old thread that showed how to do this, I searched it on google. How to burn an .iso file to USB:

As full root:

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dd if=/path/to/your/isofile of=/your/usb/disk

This works just fine but to speed the process up you can add bs=4k at the end.

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dd if=/path/to/your/isofile of=/your/usb/disk bs=4k

Rule to remember it is simply "4 kilos of bullshit" or more precisely "bullshit equals 4 kilos"

[dedanna1029]

LOL! Thanks!

[viking60]

If you are scared to use dd to burn your iso's to USB (you should be ) then there is a nice alternative.

Install Etcher and flash your ISO to USB with it. It makes the process easy.

It is in the Community repo in Manjaro and it should be in your repos too...

Just to repeat it - If you use dd to make your USB then this is the method:

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dd if=viking.iso of=/dev/sdx bs=4m

[dedanna1029]

Very cool, that Etcher.

[dedanna1029]

And this time, I bookmarked this thread!

[dedanna1029]

Just to repeat it - If you use dd to make your USB then this is the method:

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dd if=viking.iso of=/dev/sdx bs=4m

Earlier in the thread you said bs=4k. Here you have 4m. What gives?
Thanks.