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@firusvg dd is stupid. It's not aware of hybrid ISO and it cannot write Windows MBR.
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firusvg13768y@light2yellow Well, dd does exactly what it is intended to do. ;)
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firusvg13768y@light2yellow YMMV ... I have no problems using dd in conjunction with syslinux/grub and other Linux cli utilities to make multiboot USBs/ISOs/images. But, that's just a way I'm accustomed, old habits (almost 30 yrs with *nix, DOS, VMS) die hard, I prefer using cli instead of GUI (not always, of course - I prefer using IDEs instead of cli B)
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@firusvg Okay, let's suppose, that ALL linux ISOs will boot when purely written with dd (which is not true, unfortunately). Using dd is a one-liner. But what will you do when you need to create a Windows ISO? You will need to find a package that provides correct MBR depending on Windows version and prepare the flash. Than you need to manually mount everything and copy. This is way too boring. While in Rufus you would have pressed only one button because default settings are usually what you want and just wait.
But I still won't loose the hope that such tool will appear and become popular enough one day :) -
firusvg13768y@light2yellow Sorry, I misunderstood rant - I thought you actually want to make Linux LiveCD/USB, not Windows.
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@firusvg no, you didn't. The thing is, not only Windows is hard to write onto the USB but some Linux distros too. For example, Fedora will crash (kicking me into dracut console) after writing it with dd.
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firusvg13768y@light2yellow Being more Debian (and forks), Arch, small distros (SliTaz/TinyCore/...) and Android-x86 guy I really didn't encounter situation that preparation of LiveCD/USB required something beyond dd/syslinux. Will keep in mind potential issues if I ever stumble upon Fedora and/or Windows. ;)
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arnb28yHonestly the only tools that work for me every time when trying to write a Linux ISO to USB is the iso image writer in Mint. Not sure if it can write Windows ISO tho.
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