On Sat, Jan 4, 2020 at 2:57 PM john doe <johndoe65...@mail.com> wrote:
> 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 > > Does the cp command do the exact same thing as using the mouse and right-click-copy and paste onto the flash drive? If so, do I need to flag the flash drive with 'boot'?
