pv ./file.iso > /dev/sdx
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Is Dd not an option? I dont get why every distro need their own usb image writer when dd and ventoy already exist.
dd literally has the nickname "disk destroyer", and it is a well-earned title. Once you have a bad default choice and no pre-installed alternative, you'll have at minimum 3 competing tools. Just the way the world works.
Unraid doesn't use images you can download. They check the USBs ~~UUID~~ GUID before installing. I am not defending this, but as it's going to be the boot device for the server this is a little handy feature.
the unique GUID in the device's rom is what they tie your license to.
unraid does have instructions and software as zip files for manually preparing a flash drive to run their software from. you don't have to use their scary binary media creator tool. see here
So it's just the daily misinformation on linuxmemes, classic.
6 memes were posted in this community in the last 24 hours, 3 of them were not fully true.
First day on the internet?
Oh so its DRM and not anything to actually do with linux, lame.
"must run as root" App.deb
Yeah. That's how you install ad-hoc packages where the author didn't put them properly in a repo with signatures.
But, as Debian has impaired validation anyway - it's a package format thing - it's not AS big a deal.
It says 'run as root', not installed using root privileges. You'd also need root privilege to dd an image onto a drive either.
yeah. didn't work for me. had to ask my rommate to create the usb on his windows machine
i've talked waaay to much shit to anybody who listen about windows to ever be seen using it again, i'm gonna have to install in the dead of night when everybody is sleeping, black ops type shit
Just install Hackintosh and use that dmg file π
DD if= of=?
So unraid is apparently still a thing
Love my Unraid tons of built in features that make it easy to use as a home server. Not that you can't manually do everything yourself without it but it makes things a whole lot simpler. I don't think there's anything wrong with wanting to save time and effort if one wants.
For example they have an app store for docker containers. But what if they are missing something? Oh you can still just write and run yaml and it'll work just fine.
Genuinely curious what would people recommend for a home server that is less of a do it all yourself processes and more of a do some of it yourself processes.
TrueNAS. It's free, has a larger app store than UNRAID and has a much more mature deployment of ZFS.
Neat had not heard of this thanks for sharing. Sounds like its much the same safe for free but maybe not as easy to mix and match drives. I had a bunch of random ones leftover from this and that.
That being said if I ever have money for a full build I'll probably try TrueNAS.
I just use GNOME Disks for this.
I have a flag set in my brain that says I shouldn't use Balena etcher. I dont remember the cause exactly but have they had any issues in the privacy/security space recently?
i don't use it because it's an 80MB Electron mess with built-in tracking and advertising that does the same thing as tools that are installed on the system from day 1.