I have attempted to produce bootable memory sticks for different operating systems with different software. Here are the results: Mageia Live 6.1 64-bit Knoppix 7.2.0 SystemRescueCd 5.3.1 Rufus 3.4 ISO Image Mode: Seems Works Works (Windows) to freeze during boot. DD Image Mode: (Possible less access to the drive) Works ISO to USB 1.5 Failed Works not Works not (Windows) IsoDumper 0.59 Works Works not Works not (Mageia) UNetbootin 625 Works not Works not Works not (Mageia) dd 8.25 Works almost, it stops Works not Works not (Mageia) right at the end of booting I believe UNetbootin should be able to produce a bootable memory stick of Mageia, Knoppix and SystemRescueCd, especially since Rufus in Windows is able to. It is no wonder ISO to USB is not able to produce bootable memory sticks of Linux because it self writes that it is only able to do so with Windows, but I wanted to include them since I made an attempt to see what would happen.
Assigning to the registered maintainer.
Assignee: bugsquad => shlomifCC: (none) => marja11
Mageia 7 has version 661 of unetbootin - https://unetbootin.github.io/linux_download.html - does it work?
Since first entry I have tested the diskette mode also, not just ISO mode, but the results are the same. There is no indication that anything is wrong during burning, and then the memory stick is found by the boot menu, but does not boot any of the three Linux live operating systems. I have looked at the backports, but I can not see any newer versions of UNetbootin than 625 for Mageia 6. I will have to wait for Mageia 7 to come out, me upgrading and then do the testing if no one else has done it before me then. I do not feel skilled enough to start upgrading packages outside of the Mageia repository and still be positive that the soon coming upgrade to Mageia 7 will not suffer in any way.
(In reply to Ole Reier Ulland from comment #3) > Since first entry I have tested the diskette mode also, not just ISO mode, > but the results are the same. There is no indication that anything is wrong > during burning, and then the memory stick is found by the boot menu, but > does not boot any of the three Linux live operating systems. > > I have looked at the backports, but I can not see any newer versions of > UNetbootin than 625 for Mageia 6. I will have to wait for Mageia 7 to come > out, me upgrading and then do the testing if no one else has done it before > me then. I do not feel skilled enough to start upgrading packages outside of > the Mageia repository and still be positive that the soon coming upgrade to > Mageia 7 will not suffer in any way. You can try installing the new one from source under a --prefix flag.
Unetbootin doesn't work with Mageia ISOs, as mentioned here: https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Installation_Media#Dump_Mageia_ISO_on_a_USB_flash_drive Mageia ISOs are designed to be copied directly ("dumped") to the raw disk. Unetbootin extracts the ISO contents, copies them to a different filesystem on the USB stick, and adds its own bootloader. The same goes for Rufus in "ISO image mode" (which IMO is a misleading name). dd works - I use it all the time. Make sure the system has really finished writing the data - you can use the 'eject' command to be absolutely sure.
CC: (none) => mageia
"dd works", you write. How? For which iso files? What processing do you use? I do suggest that UNetbootin write in the GUI what it can and can not do. Write about different modes, iso, dd, diskette, that processing are often needed and where processing information may be found. From what is written, it looks to me like dd with appropriate processing is supposed to be what is always needed. So the task of Rufus, IsoDumper, UNetbootin etc. is to provide a GUI and processing. But to the extent they do not provide processing, I do not understand what they do, except GUI.
(In reply to Ole Reier Ulland from comment #6) > "dd works", you write. How? For which iso files? What processing do you use? For Mageia ISOs. That's all I care about ;-) No processing required. > I do suggest that UNetbootin write in the GUI what it can and can not do. You would need to discuss that with the author. UNetbootin isn't a Mageia tool. > From what is written, it looks to me like dd with appropriate processing is > supposed to be what is always needed. No, dd is only suitable for ISOs that need *no* processing, such as the Mageia ISOs.
(In reply to Martin Whitaker from comment #7) > (In reply to Ole Reier Ulland from comment #6) > > "dd works", you write. How? For which iso files? What processing do you use? > > For Mageia ISOs. That's all I care about ;-) No processing required. I have made an other attempt at using "dd" to make Mageia Live memory stick and this time it worked all the way. > > I do suggest that UNetbootin write in the GUI what it can and can not do. > > You would need to discuss that with the author. UNetbootin isn't a Mageia > tool. I assumed that when I wrote to bugzilla I would reach the author. > > From what is written, it looks to me like dd with appropriate processing is > > supposed to be what is always needed. > > No, dd is only suitable for ISOs that need *no* processing, such as the > Mageia ISOs. Really? I got an other impression from, http://www.system-rescue-cd.org/Installing-SystemRescueCd-on-a-USB-stick/ under "A) Recommended USB installation method from Linux using isohybrid" and "F) Manual installation from Linux using cp" "dd" is being used with a number of other steps which I understand to be what is meant by "processing".
(In reply to Ole Reier Ulland from comment #8) > (In reply to Martin Whitaker from comment #7) > > You would need to discuss that with the author. UNetbootin isn't a Mageia > > tool. > > I assumed that when I wrote to bugzilla I would reach the author. No, Mageia is a *distribution*. Most of the software comes from elsewhere. Here you may reach the person who packaged it for Mageia (unless they have left the project), but in most cases they won't be the author. > > No, dd is only suitable for ISOs that need *no* processing, such as the > > Mageia ISOs. > > Really? I got an other impression from, > http://www.system-rescue-cd.org/Installing-SystemRescueCd-on-a-USB-stick/ > under "A) Recommended USB installation method from Linux using isohybrid" > and "F) Manual installation from Linux using cp" "dd" is being used with a > number of other steps which I understand to be what is meant by "processing". That step - running 'isohybrid' - occurs before running 'dd' and is what is needed to create an ISO that needs no processing. Mageia ISOs are already hybrid ISOs (i.e. we do that step for you), so all you need to do is run 'dd'.
This seems like an upstream issue and may be better in cauldron. Closing.
Resolution: (none) => WONTFIXStatus: NEW => RESOLVED