Attachment 5575 Details for Bug 12702 – User description of IsoDumper

User description of IsoDumper

isodumper.txt (text/plain), 1.79 KB, created by Lewis Smith on 2014-11-04 19:50:40 CET

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Creator: Lewis Smith

Created: 2014-11-04 19:50:40 CET

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>Mageia IsoDumper
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>This GUI program is primarily for safely writing a bootable ISO image to a USB flash drive, an operation devious & potentially hazardous when done by hand. As a bonus, it can also back up the entire previous contents of the flash drive onto the hard disc, and restore the flash drive to its previous state subsequently.
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>IsoDumper can be launched either from the menus, or a user or root console with the command 'isodumper'. For normal users, the root password is solicited; this is necessary for the programs's operation. The flash drive can be inserted beforehand or once the program is started. In the latter case, a dialogue will say that there is no flash drive inserted, and allow a 'retry' to find it once it is. (You may have to close any automatically opened File Manager window).
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>The fields of the main window [picture] are as follows:
>- Write Image: to choose the source ISO image *.iso (or flash drive backup file *.img) to write out.
>- to: the destination device of the USB flash drive, a drop-down list to choose from.
>- Create a backup... : Check this if you want the current flash drive backed up to a disc file *before* it gets overwritten. Note that the entire flash drive is preserved, regardless of its actual contents; ensure that you have the necessary free disc space. This backup file can be used later to restore the flash drive by selecting it as the source *.img file to write out.
>- Backup in: define the name and placement of the backup image file if one was requested.
>- Write to device: This button launches the operation - with a prior warning dialogue. If a flash drive backup was requested, this is done first. Then (or only) the image file write. Each operation is shown in the progress bar beneath.
>- Details: this button shows detailed log information.
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Mageia IsoDumper
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This GUI program is primarily for safely writing a bootable ISO image to a USB flash drive, an operation devious & potentially hazardous when done by hand. As a bonus, it can also back up the entire previous contents of the flash drive onto the hard disc, and restore the flash drive to its previous state subsequently.

IsoDumper can be launched either from the menus, or a user or root console with the command 'isodumper'. For normal users, the root password is solicited; this is necessary for the programs's operation. The flash drive can be inserted beforehand or once the program is started. In the latter case, a dialogue will say that there is no flash drive inserted, and allow a 'retry' to find it once it is. (You may have to close any automatically opened File Manager window).

The fields of the main window [picture] are as follows:
- Write Image: to choose the source ISO image *.iso (or flash drive backup file *.img) to write out.
- to: the destination device of the USB flash drive, a drop-down list to choose from.
- Create a backup... : Check this if you want the current flash drive backed up to a disc file *before* it gets overwritten. Note that the entire flash drive is preserved, regardless of its actual contents; ensure that you have the necessary free disc space. This backup file can be used later to restore the flash drive by selecting it as the source *.img file to write out.
- Backup in: define the name and placement of the backup image file if one was requested.
- Write to device: This button launches the operation - with a prior warning dialogue. If a flash drive backup was requested, this is done first. Then (or only) the image file write. Each operation is shown in the progress bar beneath.
- Details: this button shows detailed log information.

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