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Re:Rufus: Reliable USB Formatting Utility by deknos on Friday May 07, 2021 @03:06AM (#27073158)
what's the equivalent (especially handling bios and uefi and stuff) on linux for it? i would be really interested.
Re:Rufus: Reliable USB Formatting Utility by forgotpwd16 on Friday May 07, 2021 @01:50PM (#27078709)
Surprisingly there isn't, though a port is often requested. (Nevertheless there're similar tools with either too many or less/none options.) But considering what it offers can be attained with dd+mkfs maybe a Rufus-like program can be hacked with aforementioned tools, some bash, and yad...
Re:Rufus: Reliable USB Formatting Utility by numlock86 on Friday May 07, 2021 @03:10AM (#27073184)
same tools really ... stuff like syslinux is included, and for "flashing" you could just use dd.
Re:Rufus: Reliable USB Formatting Utility by wodny on Friday May 07, 2021 @04:13AM (#27073580)
And it's also worth noting that eg. Debian has been providing hybrid images for years. Hybrid meaning you can write them directly to block device like USB drive or burn on CD. They exploit the fact that ISO images have first blocks empty and unused so you can put a classic MBR boot loader there.