▲ 43 ▼ Bootloader equivalent to Rufus (lemm.ee) submitted 2 years ago by tombruzzo@lemm.ee to c/linux@lemmy.ml 53 comments fedilink hide all child comments I've been trying to find a linux programming similar to Rufus to flash images of OSes on a thumb drive. Nothing from the listicles on the internet or the programs in flatpak have worked for me as well as Rufus on Windows. What have you used that's worked well? Or, could I run Rufus on my linux machine with WINE?
[–] BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago (2 children) I've found some thumb drives don't like to boot. Ventoy has worked for almost everything. Proxmox doesn't like it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Telorand@reddthat.com 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) To be fair, I seem to have a not-so-super superpower to blind pick the USB devices that have the least support for Linux stuff (the aforementioned drives, a WiFi module, etc.). permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago Hahahaha, sorry to hear (but I empathize). I can be a cheap bastard, so I have some shitty thumb drives around. I figure they eventually die anyway, so this stuff isn't permanent. I keep a folder on my server with the tools and noted to rebuild each one. Sometimes I even make an image with the tools, and only leave the ISOs out. permalink fedilink source parent [–] f4f4f4f4f4f4f4f4@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 years ago I maintain older hardware at work. We have a platform based on a Biostar motherboard with no USB3 ports, and it will not boot from any USB3 drive I've tried. Any USB2 drives work fine. Picky, picky! 🤷 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Telorand@reddthat.com 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) To be fair, I seem to have a not-so-super superpower to blind pick the USB devices that have the least support for Linux stuff (the aforementioned drives, a WiFi module, etc.). permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago Hahahaha, sorry to hear (but I empathize). I can be a cheap bastard, so I have some shitty thumb drives around. I figure they eventually die anyway, so this stuff isn't permanent. I keep a folder on my server with the tools and noted to rebuild each one. Sometimes I even make an image with the tools, and only leave the ISOs out. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago Hahahaha, sorry to hear (but I empathize). I can be a cheap bastard, so I have some shitty thumb drives around. I figure they eventually die anyway, so this stuff isn't permanent. I keep a folder on my server with the tools and noted to rebuild each one. Sometimes I even make an image with the tools, and only leave the ISOs out. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] f4f4f4f4f4f4f4f4@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 years ago I maintain older hardware at work. We have a platform based on a Biostar motherboard with no USB3 ports, and it will not boot from any USB3 drive I've tried. Any USB2 drives work fine. Picky, picky! 🤷 permalink fedilink source parent