[OSGeoLive] problem with bootable usb stick creation via dd

[Angelos Tzotsos]

Thanks for reporting Astrid.
Can you please provide the usbcreator version you use? Is it from Bionic or
from previous Ubuntu version?

Best,
Angelos

On Thu, Aug 16, 2018 at 3:20 PM Astrid Emde (OSGeo) <astrid_emde at osgeo.org>
wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> I am preparing the USB-Stick production and Philipp (my collegue) and I
> tried it with the beta3 iso.
> We wanted to work on a solution with dd to be able to make mass
> production with 10 port usb3 hubs (Alex and I will bring them to Dar).
>
> But at the moemnt we failed. Sticks are not bootable.
>
>
> This was our workflow:
>
> # 1. create img from a stick that was created with the usbcreator
> (usb-creator-gtk)
> sudo dd if=/dev/sdd
> of=~/Dokumente/Schulungssticks/usbiso/osgeo12beta3.img bs=8M && sync
>
> # then 2.
> sudo  dd if=~/Dokumente/Schulungssticks/usbiso/osgeo12beta3.img
> of=/dev/sdd bs=8M status=progress; sync
>
> But the problem is, that only one pratition will be created (only the
> data partition and not the efi partition) - all 16 GB. And then the
> stick does not boot.
>
> * does not boot with uefi mode
> * does not boot with legacy mode
>
> I send 2 screenshots
> * result_from_usbcreator_partition_good_bootable
> https://imagebin.ca/v/4COCH6SEE7gH
> * result_from_dd_only_one_partition_not_bootable
> https://imagebin.ca/v/4COCg53WPHj7
>
> If we do not find a solution with dd we can always use the
> usb-creator-gtk to create the sticks.
>
> Any idea for a solution?
>
> Astrid
>
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>
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Angelos Tzotsos, PhD
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