On 1/4/2020 4:44 AM, kaye n wrote: > Hello Friends, > > I don't know if my flash drives are corrupted or not, but I haven't been > successful creating live USB using the following commands: > > cp <file> <device> > > dd if=<file> of=<device> bs=4M; sync > > Then I tried copying via a file manager, that is, right-click the iso -> > copy -> paste into the flash drive, then flag the flash drive with 'boot' > using gparted. > > Failed as well. The flash drive contains the iso file along with many > other files that seem to be corrupted - no file name, just weird icons. > > Are my flash drives corrupted? Should I try the following commands? > > sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdx > sudo mkfs.msdos -f 32 /dev/sdxx > > And if that is done, do I again try: > dd if=<file> of=<device> bs=4M; sync > ? > > Thank you for your time! >
The only command that you should use is the cp command from above. This assumes that before executing the command you have verified and checksummed the downloaded file. -- John Doe
