Tails no longer recommending balenaEtcher
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what is a good one to use, is there something like rufus on linux
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Yet another reason for people to run a default prompt (deny until prompt answer) firewall.
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I've typically used Etcher when I have to write an ISO on Windows
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Who tf is downvoting? Ventoy is the best
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for Windows?
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nah, plenty of good stuff with good ui.
balena had a pretty tasteless gui too tbh, and ads promoting other shit...
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Plug your usb drive in and run lsblk to figure out which letter to use instead of x in /dev/sdx
sudo dd if=image.iso of=/dev/sdx bs=1M status=progress
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Weird. I can't even tell you how many times I've used that command. But it's probably been several thousand. And I've never screwed up a flash drive that way.
There has been once or twice where I've pulled the flash drive out too quickly after it finished writing and it actually hadn't finished writing and had to redo it, but other than that, I've not actually screwed up any drives beyond repair or anything.
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Oh, sorry. I didn't realize you were on Windows. That's a Linux command. I haven't used Windows very much since about 2018, so I don't even consider Windows anymore unless it's brought up.
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Mac should have dd, I'd assume lsblk as well
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Install WSL
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Can always use dd but I always go stupid when I need to set boot flags and all that crap, which is so much easier with etcher. I think I've done dd with gparted in the past.
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I'm pretty sure mac, being based off freebsd, would include dd
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Install wsl lol.
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does gparted set the correct flags too, can it also do windows
i just want a dumb ui i can dumbly drag the iso file to and it takes care of everything for me.
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I'm guessing the people aware of Ventoy's undocumented binary blob.
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I just use Gnome Disks for convenience over dd.
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On Windows, Rufus is just as easy to use tho. And on Linux, there is Gnome Disks.
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If you need a FOSS, cross platform GUI for bootable USB sticks, Raspberry Pi Imager is a really good solution.
It is mainly used to flash SD cards for RPIs, but also you can burn any ISO on any support with it. -
balenaEtcher never worked for me. No image that I flashed has been usable to boot. The RPi imager has been working flawlessly
