[OSGeoLive] problem with bootable usb stick creation via dd

[Alex M]

Had almost forgotten, did you try using Clonezilla live distro. It uses
partclone/partimage/dd which skips zero's during dd operation, and can
also do broadcasting (cloning simultaneous to multiple usb drives).
Since we're going the clone route it's probably the most efficient method.
https://clonezilla.org/clonezilla-live.php

Thanks,
Alex

On 08/16/2018 05:34 AM, Astrid Emde (OSGeo) 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
>>>
>>> -- 
>>>
>>> -------------------------------------------------------------
>>> Astrid Emde
>>> OSGeo Board Member and OSGeo Secretary
>>> Open Source Geospatial Foundation
>>> https://www.osgeo.org/member/astrid-emde/ [3]
>>> astrid_emde at osgeo.org
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>>
>> -- 
>>
>> Angelos Tzotsos, PhD
>> OSGeo Charter Member
>> http://users.ntua.gr/tzotsos [5]
>>
>> Links:
>> ------
>> [1] https://imagebin.ca/v/4COCH6SEE7gH
>> [2] https://imagebin.ca/v/4COCg53WPHj7
>> [3] https://www.osgeo.org/member/astrid-emde/
>> [4] https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/osgeolive
>> [5] http://users.ntua.gr/tzotsos
>>
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