[PLUG] PLUG Digest, Vol 170, Issue 30

Sat Nov 17 05:48:21 UTC 2018

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>    1. Startup Disk Creator issue -- Ubuntu MATE (Dick Steffens)
>    2. Re: Startup Disk Creator issue -- Ubuntu MATE (Rich Shepard)
>    3. Re: Startup Disk Creator issue -- Ubuntu MATE (Dick Steffens)
>    4. Re: Startup Disk Creator issue -- Ubuntu MATE (Rich Shepard)
>    5. Resolved:  Startup Disk Creator issue -- Ubuntu MATE
>       (Dick Steffens)
>    6. Re: Startup Disk Creator issue -- Ubuntu MATE (Russell Senior)
>    7. Re: Resolved:  Startup Disk Creator issue -- Ubuntu MATE
>       (John Jason Jordan)
>    8. Re: Startup Disk Creator issue -- Ubuntu MATE (Russell Senior)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2018 15:01:23 -0800
> From: Dick Steffens <dick at dicksteffens.com>
> To: PLUG List <plug at pdxlinux.org>
> Subject: [PLUG] Startup Disk Creator issue -- Ubuntu MATE
> Message-ID: <64b498f4-fd88-ddd0-76d0-4598d25921a2 at dicksteffens.com>
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> I'm trying to create a startup USB stick. I opened Startup Disk Creator.
> It sees the 32 GB USB stick, but it won't put the .iso file in the
> source panel. The .iso file is only 702.5 MB, so that shouldn't be a
> problem. I've use the tool before without problems.
>
> The .iso file is slackware-live-xfce-current.iso
>
> I have another iso that Startup Disk Creator will put in the source
> panel, linuxmint-19-mate-64bit-v2.iso
>
> Any ideas what I'm missing? Does it just mean that there's something
> wrong with the file and I should download it again?
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Dick Steffens
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 2
> Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2018 15:16:31 -0800 (PST)
> From: Rich Shepard <rshepard at appl-ecosys.com>
> To: Portland Linux/Unix Group <plug at pdxlinux.org>
> Subject: Re: [PLUG] Startup Disk Creator issue -- Ubuntu MATE
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> On Fri, 16 Nov 2018, Dick Steffens wrote:
>
> > Any ideas what I'm missing? Does it just mean that there's something
> wrong
> > with the file and I should download it again?
>
> Dick,
>
>    Did you check the md5sum after downloading the file? That will tell you
> if
> the download is complete and correct.
>
> Regards,
>
> Rich
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 3
> Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2018 15:24:08 -0800
> From: Dick Steffens <dick at dicksteffens.com>
> To: plug at pdxlinux.org
> Subject: Re: [PLUG] Startup Disk Creator issue -- Ubuntu MATE
> Message-ID: <ac726312-dcba-a281-6a54-386576e98ee5 at dicksteffens.com>
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> On 11/16/18 3:16 PM, Rich Shepard wrote:
> > On Fri, 16 Nov 2018, Dick Steffens wrote:
> >
> >> Any ideas what I'm missing? Does it just mean that there's something
> >> wrong
> >> with the file and I should download it again?
> >
> > Dick,
> >
> > ? Did you check the md5sum after downloading the file? That will tell
> > you if
> > the download is complete and correct.
>
> I got a match.
>
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Dick Steffens
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 4
> Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2018 15:45:14 -0800 (PST)
> From: Rich Shepard <rshepard at appl-ecosys.com>
> To: Portland Linux/Unix Group <plug at pdxlinux.org>
> Subject: Re: [PLUG] Startup Disk Creator issue -- Ubuntu MATE
> Message-ID:
>         <alpine.LNX.2.20.1811161543350.28589 at salmo.appl-ecosys.com>
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> On Fri, 16 Nov 2018, Dick Steffens wrote:
>
> > I got a match.
>
>    Then the file's okay and I have no other insights to offer now. There
> should be no reason why an *.iso file cannot be copied to a flash drive,
> unless there's a permissions issue somewhere.
>
> Regards,
>
> Rich
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 5
> Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2018 16:07:12 -0800
> From: Dick Steffens <dick at dicksteffens.com>
> To: plug at pdxlinux.org
> Subject: [PLUG] Resolved:  Startup Disk Creator issue -- Ubuntu MATE
> Message-ID: <09ce9eb4-88fe-119a-8e5e-ecea2657e122 at dicksteffens.com>
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> On 11/16/18 3:45 PM, Rich Shepard wrote:
> > On Fri, 16 Nov 2018, Dick Steffens wrote:
> >
> >> I got a match.
> >
> > ? Then the file's okay and I have no other insights to offer now. There
> > should be no reason why an *.iso file cannot be copied to a flash drive,
> > unless there's a permissions issue somewhere.
>
> Mr. Google led to an answer. It appears that Startup Disk Creator only
> works on Ubuntu and derivatives. Linux Mint has a tool that is not
> hobbled in that way. That was successful, and I'm booting up my laptop
> with the live version of Slackware.
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Dick Steffens
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 6
> Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2018 16:32:02 -0800
> From: Russell Senior <russell at personaltelco.net>
> To: "Portland Linux/Unix Group" <plug at pdxlinux.org>
> Subject: Re: [PLUG] Startup Disk Creator issue -- Ubuntu MATE
> Message-ID:
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> fwiw, I've always just used dd. You need to be very sure what device
> you are writing to (don't nuke your hard disk!).
> On Fri, Nov 16, 2018 at 3:03 PM Dick Steffens <dick at dicksteffens.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > I'm trying to create a startup USB stick. I opened Startup Disk Creator.
> > It sees the 32 GB USB stick, but it won't put the .iso file in the
> > source panel. The .iso file is only 702.5 MB, so that shouldn't be a
> > problem. I've use the tool before without problems.
> >
> > The .iso file is slackware-live-xfce-current.iso
> >
> > I have another iso that Startup Disk Creator will put in the source
> > panel, linuxmint-19-mate-64bit-v2.iso
> >
> > Any ideas what I'm missing? Does it just mean that there's something
> > wrong with the file and I should download it again?
> >
> > --
> > Regards,
> >
> > Dick Steffens
> >
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> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 7
> Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2018 16:35:52 -0800
> From: John Jason Jordan <johnxj at gmx.com>
> To: plug at pdxlinux.org
> Subject: Re: [PLUG] Resolved:  Startup Disk Creator issue -- Ubuntu
>         MATE
> Message-ID: <20181116163552.6e1305ea at Devil-Bonobo>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
>
> On Fri, 16 Nov 2018 16:07:12 -0800
> Dick Steffens <dick at dicksteffens.com> dijo:
>
> >On 11/16/18 3:45 PM, Rich Shepard wrote:
> >> On Fri, 16 Nov 2018, Dick Steffens wrote:
> >>
> >>> I got a match.
> >>
> >> ? Then the file's okay and I have no other insights to offer now.
> >> There should be no reason why an *.iso file cannot be copied to a
> >> flash drive, unless there's a permissions issue somewhere.
> >
> >Mr. Google led to an answer. It appears that Startup Disk Creator only
> >works on Ubuntu and derivatives. Linux Mint has a tool that is not
> >hobbled in that way. That was successful, and I'm booting up my laptop
> >with the live version of Slackware.
>
> I was going to suggest a different tool, but you already found one that
> works.
>
> I burn ISOs to USB drives all the time at the Clinic. I used to use
> Unetbootin, but lately I've been using Etcher, which I like a little
> better (faster, better GUI).
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 8
> Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2018 16:38:35 -0800
> From: Russell Senior <russell at personaltelco.net>
> To: "Portland Linux/Unix Group" <plug at pdxlinux.org>
> Subject: Re: [PLUG] Startup Disk Creator issue -- Ubuntu MATE
> Message-ID:
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>
> On Fri, Nov 16, 2018 at 4:32 PM Russell Senior
> <russell at personaltelco.net> wrote:
> >
> > fwiw, I've always just used dd. You need to be very sure what device
> > you are writing to (don't nuke your hard disk!).
>
> My process is something like this:
>  a) plug in new usb thumbdrive;
>  b) check the last part of dmesg to confirm the device, e.g.: dmesg -T
> | tail -n 30
>  c) check to see if your system automounted any pre-existing
> partitions on the thumbdrive, using mount. If so, umount them.
>  d) dd if=my.iso of=/dev/sdN bs=1M status=progress (where N is the
> lower-case letter associated with the thumbdrive, BE SURE!)
>  e) when dd has finished, run "sync" to make sure the dirty buffers
> make it to the device
>  f) when sync returns to a shell prompt, you can safely remove the
> thumbdrive.
>
>
> > On Fri, Nov 16, 2018 at 3:03 PM Dick Steffens <dick at dicksteffens.com>
> wrote:
> > >
> > > I'm trying to create a startup USB stick. I opened Startup Disk
> Creator.
> > > It sees the 32 GB USB stick, but it won't put the .iso file in the
> > > source panel. The .iso file is only 702.5 MB, so that shouldn't be a
> > > problem. I've use the tool before without problems.
> > >
> > > The .iso file is slackware-live-xfce-current.iso
> > >
> > > I have another iso that Startup Disk Creator will put in the source
> > > panel, linuxmint-19-mate-64bit-v2.iso
> > >
> > > Any ideas what I'm missing? Does it just mean that there's something
> > > wrong with the file and I should download it again?
> > >
> > > --
> > > Regards,
> > >
> > > Dick Steffens
> > >
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > PLUG mailing list
> > > PLUG at pdxlinux.org
> > > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
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