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Re: (HowTo) install Mkusb for Devuan 6 (or Debian)

dummy@example.com (greenjeans) — Tue, 17 Feb 2026 19:33:02 +0000

I use this interactive script so I don't have to type as much. Run it from the directory that contains the iso files. Code is mostly lifted from refracta2usb which can make a multi-boot live-usb and is a lot bigger than this.
You need hwinfo and pv installed for this to work.

That would be nifty to make a right-click file-manager extension.

Re: (HowTo) install Mkusb for Devuan 6 (or Debian)

dummy@example.com (rolfie) — Tue, 17 Feb 2026 17:17:39 +0000

Yes, you can use cp to write an ISO image to a USB device.

From an old HowTo and still valid:

# cp debian.iso /dev/sdX
# sync

I prefer to use dd instead with the option status=progress to get an idea how long it still may take.

Re: (HowTo) install Mkusb for Devuan 6 (or Debian)

dummy@example.com (kapqa) — Tue, 17 Feb 2026 14:21:46 +0000

@camtaf, cp as in copy?

that could use with ventoy, which am using still quite to the like (never got to function iventoy that well, however).

however, the mkusb is quite comfortable,too, and rather "safe" to use would argue.

~~my terminal skills are limited.~~

Re: (HowTo) install Mkusb for Devuan 6 (or Debian)

dummy@example.com (fsmithred) — Mon, 16 Feb 2026 21:17:52 +0000

I use this interactive script so I don't have to type as much. Run it from the directory that contains the iso files. Code is mostly lifted from refracta2usb which can make a multi-boot live-usb and is a lot bigger than this.

You need hwinfo and pv installed for this to work.

#!/usr/bin/env bash
#
# iso2usb.sh
#set -x
#
# Run this script from the directory that contains your .iso files.
#

blocksize="1M"

[[ $(id -u) -eq 0 ]] || { echo -e "\n\t You need to be root!\n" ; exit 1 ; }

usbdevlist=$(/usr/sbin/hwinfo --usb --short | awk '/dev\/sd/ {print $1}')
usbdevfulllist=$(/usr/sbin/hwinfo --usb --short | awk '/dev\/sd/ {print $0}')

	echo -e "\n\tLIST OF REMOVABLE DRIVES\n${usbdevfulllist}\n${sdfulllist}\n${cdromfulllist}\n\nSelect a device:"
	select opt in $usbdevlist ; do
		device=$(echo "$opt" | awk '{ print $1 }')
		break
	done

if [[ -z "$device" ]] ; then
	echo "No device was found."
	exit 0
fi

echo -e "\n\tSelect the image file.\n"
select file in *.iso *.img ; do
	echo -e "\n$file"
	break
done

size=$(ls -lh $file | awk '{ print $5 }' | sed -e 's/M//')

if echo "$size" | grep -q G ; then
	size="$(echo "$size" | sed -e 's/\.//' -e 's/G//')00"
fi

echo "Size is ${size}M"

if echo "$size" | grep -q K ; then
	echo "Out of range units"
	exit 1
fi

echo -e "\n\tCopy $file to $device?\n\n\tThe command will be:\n\tdd if=$file | pv -s ${size}M | dd of=$device bs=${blocksize}\n\n"
echo -e " Press ENTER to continue or ctrl-c to abort."
read -p " "

dd if="$file" | pv -s ${size}M | dd of="$device" bs="$blocksize"
sync

exit 0

Re: (HowTo) install Mkusb for Devuan 6 (or Debian)

dummy@example.com (Camtaf) — Mon, 16 Feb 2026 16:04:17 +0000

I just use dd, or sometimes just cp.

(HowTo) install Mkusb for Devuan 6 (or Debian)

dummy@example.com (kapqa) — Mon, 16 Feb 2026 12:45:25 +0000

Hello ,

found this tool most reliable for creating bootable usb-sticks from .iso files on linux.

taken from here

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/mkusb

and here

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/mkusb#Debian

steps:

(install the ppa manually)

sudo -H gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

add the line

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/mkusb/ppa/ubuntu focal main

sudo apt update

you will receive error most likely with (public key not available etc) and a number like (NO_PUBKEY 3729827454B8C8AC)

use this number like here

sudo gpg --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys 3729827454B8C8AC

sudo gpg --export --armor 3729827454B8C8AC | sudo tee /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/amdgpu.asc

now

sudo apt-get update

should function, proceed with

sudo apt-get install mkusb         # GUI version

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/mkusb … -to-debian