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Is there a USB drive flashing program in APT? (lemmy.wtf)

submitted 3 days ago by nitroemdash@lemmy.wtf to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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The only working PC I have is a 32-bit x86 and has a minimal Debian installation. I need to flash a USB with an ISO file from it to make a live system. I tried for a few days to get flathub or appimage working there, but just can't. I decided an apt package would be the easiest course of action, but neither Rufus, Impress or BalenaEtcher seem to be available in default repos. It there a program that is there? A bare .elf executable with no packaging would also be fine.

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[–] SingularEye@lemmy.blahaj.zone 33 points 3 days ago (3 children)

dd if=image.iso of=/dev/sdX bs=64M status=progress

[–] iopq@lemmy.world 15 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Oops hit the wrong key, main drive formatted

[–] thehatfox@lemmy.world 19 points 3 days ago (1 children)

It’s called “disk destroyer” for a reason.

Always double check your dd commands folks.

[–] AnnaFrankfurter@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Nah... If you use of=/dev/sda it won't touch your main drive

[–] mvirts@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

It freaks me out, but these days with nvme disks this is actually true

[–] TerraRoot@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 days ago

Lessons for Newbs right here folks

[–] non_burglar@lemmy.world 15 points 3 days ago

Safer with bs=4M on older flash.

[–] nitroemdash@lemmy.wtf 8 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Thanks, seems it worked. It should be noted that /dev/ over normal /run/media/ path can be found with lsblk command, out of 2 with identical letter use latter with digit