[OSGeoLive] problem with bootable usb stick creation via dd

[Angelos Tzotsos]

Hi Astrid,

Can you please check if dd works with plain Lubuntu 18.04 iso file?

Cheers,
Angelos

On Thu, Aug 16, 2018 at 3:34 PM Astrid Emde (OSGeo) <astrid_emde at osgeo.org>
wrote:

> Hello Angelos,
>
> it is 0.3.3 version on Bionic
>
> Astrid
>
> Am 16.08.2018 14:26 schrieb 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 [1]
> >> * result_from_dd_only_one_partition_not_bootable
> >> https://imagebin.ca/v/4COCg53WPHj7 [2]
> >>
> >> 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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> >> Astrid Emde
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> >> Open Source Geospatial Foundation
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> >
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