On 11/16/2014 08:53 AM, Nio Wiklund wrote: > Hi again, > > I've tried 'Disks' alias gnome-disks in Lubuntu 14.04.1 and Vivid. > > I could make it create an iso file from a partition, but not from the > whole drive. Trying from the whole drive gave me an error both running > as a regular user and with sudo. (I tested with a Tiny Core iso file, > which is small so it was fast.) > > When I restored from the image of the partition I got a working boot > drive. (I cloned the Ubuntu mini.iso in between so that the pendrive was > changed.) I think this is not logical (and not corresponding to how dd > is used). Restoring a partition should not restore the whole drive, but > I guess it is intended to work this way. > > I could make it flash, clone alias 'restore' a boot USB drive from > another iso file (I tested with the Ubuntu mini.iso (because it is small > so it was fast). > > -o- > > Conclusion: I'm glad that I learned about this feature of 'Disks'. It is > certainly possible to use in order to make a USB boot drive. There is an > extra 'final warning window', so it should be safe enough to use. And > best of all, it offers a working solution, when the Startup Disk Creator > suffers from a really bad bug (# 1325801) plus several minor bugs. > > -o- > > But of course, I still think that my mkusb is better ;-)
+1 :) > One important extra feature of mkusb is the ability to use general > compressed image files (an iso file often contains the compressed > container squashfs, but is not itself compressed). Another extra feature > of mkusb is the ability to check if the content of the iso file matches > that of the pendrive, and suggest updating for iso-testing. And there > are several informative windows including a final warning with red > background. > > Best regards > Nio > > -- Regards -- Lubuntu-users mailing list Lubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/lubuntu-users
