Re: Problem with mediawriter on old Fedora installation

2023-09-15 Thread Todd Zullinger
Samuel Sieb wrote: > On 9/14/23 17:21, Joe Zeff wrote: >> On 09/14/2023 03:49 PM, Mike Wright wrote: >>> dd if=f38.iso of=/dev/sdX bs=1m (see note below about bs=) >> >> I've always used mediawriter ever since it was available, and whatever >> came before that as well.  This is the first time I've

Re: Problem with mediawriter on old Fedora installation

2023-09-15 Thread Samuel Sieb
On 9/14/23 17:21, Joe Zeff wrote: On 09/14/2023 03:49 PM, Mike Wright wrote: I can't answer about mediawriter. dd works well for creating bootable devices. dd if=f38.iso of=/dev/sdX bs=1m (see note below about bs=) I've always used mediawriter ever since it was available, and whatever came

Re: Problem with mediawriter on old Fedora installation

2023-09-14 Thread Joe Zeff
On 09/14/2023 03:49 PM, Mike Wright wrote: I can't answer about mediawriter. dd works well for creating bootable devices. dd if=f38.iso of=/dev/sdX bs=1m (see note below about bs=) I've always used mediawriter ever since it was available, and whatever came before that as well. This is the f

Re: Problem with mediawriter on old Fedora installation

2023-09-14 Thread Todd Zullinger
Mike Wright wrote: > On 9/14/23 14:30, Joe Zeff wrote: >> I know that there's a way to put the .iso onto the drive >> with dd, but don't know the proper incantation as I've >> never had to do it before.  If somebody can provide it, >> I'd be grateful. > > dd works well for creating bootable device

Re: Problem with mediawriter on old Fedora installation

2023-09-14 Thread Mike Wright
On 9/14/23 14:30, Joe Zeff wrote: For a number of different reasons, my desktop is still on F25, and my laptop's hard drive has failed.  I need to make a bootable USB drive, first to install F38 on my laptop's new drive and second to get my desktop current.  Alas, when I try to run mediawriter,

Problem with mediawriter on old Fedora installation

2023-09-14 Thread Joe Zeff
For a number of different reasons, my desktop is still on F25, and my laptop's hard drive has failed. I need to make a bootable USB drive, first to install F38 on my laptop's new drive and second to get my desktop current. Alas, when I try to run mediawriter, it failed with a Segmentation fau