On 1/4/2020 8:22 AM, kaye n wrote: > 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'? >
After a successfull copy of the iso file onto the flash drive, you don't need to do anything else. Note that I don't know what command does copy and paste internally. In other words, putting the iso file onto the flashdrive is all that is required. I would fire up a terminal in your desktop environment, then, do the copy from the command line. Whether it is good advice or not, I always do the copy as root. HTH. -- John Doe
