On Sun, 6 Mar 2022 04:06:23 -0600 Richard Owlett <rowl...@cloud85.net> wrote:
> Currently I use > > dd if=netinst.iso bs=64M of=/dev/sdb > > I would like way to copy it such that: > 1. a legacy BIOS could launch it > 2. Gparted would not complain about block size > 3. there would be at least two partitions usable misc files > This probably doesn't quite meet all your needs, but it's fairly new and not widely known yet, you may want to investigate it anyway: https://www.ventoy.net/en/index.html It's new, so here may be dragons, but I've used it a bit and nothing has broken yet. I have four Debian netinst.iso images (including an i386) and winpe.iso on an 8GB microSD. Installation wipes the card, then makes two partitions (one EFI), but the exfat iso partition is still writable for files and directories. I don't know about the prospects of shrinking the exfat partition, I don't use the format myself, but the documents suggest you can reformat it to practically anything. -- Joe
