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> cp iso_file_name_here /dev/sd<your_usb_key_dev_id> ; sync Didn't know you could do that.
by lottin 7y ago
> cp iso_file_name_here /dev/sd<your_usb_key_dev_id> ; sync
Didn't know you could do that.
- ebg13 7y agoYeah. Apparently cp got a lot smarter about isos at some point? Like basically everything else GNU/Linux, I'd never have guessed if some random website didn't say to try it. (I can't respond to you person responding to me, but I meant that I think cp being able to write a working image directly to a dev was not always true, and people always used dd for that before)
- throwaway8941 7y agoIt has nothing to do with cp being smart. You can do the same thing with dd, or simply with shell redirection (cat >/…) It works only for hybrid ISOs. Not every ISO supports this, although many do.
- tuldia 7y agoI guess pretty much any tool that copies files will do that too. I like that!