Hi, Charles Curley wrote: > I understand that rufus is a CD/DVD burner program for Windows.
No it is an image copier for hard-disk-like devices, typically USB sticks. https://rufus.ie/en/ It usually unpacks the ISO to a FAT fileystem and installs or modifies the boot loader of the stick so that it knows what kernel and initrd to load. It also offers a "DD mode" which effectively does what our good old dd does to put an unaltered ISO plainly on the base device file of the USB stick. https://github.com/pbatard/rufus/wiki/FAQ#user-content-Why_doesnt_Rufus_recommend_DD_mode_over_ISO_mode_for_ISOHybrid_images_Surely_DD_is_better Note the sarkasm at the end of this URL and in the text the eagerness to promote the "ISO [unpacking] mode". Some of the arguments are indeed valid in my eyes for some situations. YMMV. DD mode is engaged for some ISOs automatically. If not, then the FAQ shows cheat codes: https://github.com/pbatard/rufus/wiki/FAQ#power-keyscheat-modes I guess Alt-I and Alt-M would do the trick. Maybe the normal dialog give a chance to choose DD mode, too. (As developer of xorriso i am usually biased in favor of DD mode. I never ran a Rufus .EXE but only argued with its developer over ISO 9660 and El Torito specs issues. :)) > And if so, will rufus check the integrity of the finished DVD? (s/DVD/USB Stick/) I am not aware that it does verify after applying its DD mode. You will have to use the same method as proposed for optical media on https://www.debian.org/CD/faq/#verify by "/sbin/isosize" or "ls -l ...iso" and then "dd count=... bs=2048 | sha512sum". Have a nice day :) Thomas
