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?
One of these should do what you’re looking for. Each has a slightly different approach.
https://etcher.balena.io/
https://unetbootin.github.io/
https://www.ventoy.net/en/index.html
+1 for ventoy. With that you can just flash ventoy on it once, then copy iso’s over to the usb drive without reformatting or reflashing anything.
I’ve had issues with Ventoy on multiple computers with multiple isos. +1 for convenience, -1 for not working 3/4 of the time (for me, I’m sure there are numerous factors).
I could never get Ventoy to work. From Windows ISO’s to several versions of Linux, it never got detected as a bootable drive. YMMV
I like the idea, but it would be great if it was more compatible with different setups.
Your machine is UEFI, which means your usb stick must be formatted in gpt. Ventoy defaults to mbr which means lagacy bios. It is just 3 mouse click setup.
Try again. Because it is the best method. I just updated 2,5 years old Ventoy stick without any issues without re-formatting.
Hey, thanks! I’ll give that a try. I really like the idea of having a one stick to rule them all, so hopefully that works
Popsicle from Pop!_OS is also very good - really simple. I’m not sure if it can create a bootable Windows USB though.
https://github.com/pop-os/popsicle
Fedora Media Writer is also another good option.
https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/fedora/latest/preparing-boot-media/
Thanks, I’ll check these out
From this list, only Unetbootin can create Windows installation disk. For this, there is also WoeUSB but it’s CLI only.
Ventoy can do windows installations as well
Didn’t know about that. Thanks for the clarification!