Creating a installation-USB-Stick for EndeavourOS : here my steps

General system Newbie
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good day dear EndeavorOS-Experts - hope youre all well.

well today: i want to create a installation-Medium on a USB-Stick

note: i allready have downloaded the file from the Endeavouros-page

on my notebook i have the following settings:

sda                                                                           
├─sda1
│    vfat   FAT32       522E-C62B                                   1G     1% /boot/efi
├─sda2
│    ext4   1.0         9709199b-6014-4ecf-8016-a9d503142da0      1,6G    10% /boot
└─sda3
     LVM2_m LVM2        u8A0U3-g1UG-l1QF-dRAS-Y258-ad8O-7zV3L3                
  └─ubuntu--vg-ubuntu--lv
     ext4   1.0         7a754ecd-a38a-4275-80d3-281672a91284     76,2G    28% /var/snap/firefox/common/host-hunspell
                                                                              /
sdb                                                                           
└─sdb1
     vfat   FAT32 ESD-USB
                        9658-AA82                                  29G     1% /media/ubuntu/ESD-USB
sr0

well now i want to go on and create a install medium on the sbb1 i guess

can i do this accordingly to this page:

see the link: https://discovery.endeavouros.com/installation/create-install-media-usb-key/2021/03/

Note: the USB drive may not be mounted when writing an ISO to it! So make sure you unmount it first:

sudo umount /dev/sdb1

To write the Live Install image to your USB, run the following command:


sudo dd bs=4M 
if
=/path/to/endeavouros-x86_64.iso of=/dev/sdb1 conv=fsync oflag=direct status=progress

But indeed, Linux has possibilities without ending:

using cat (with progress)

su cat /path/to/endeavouros-x86_64.iso | pv > /dev/ sdX

Note: the USB drive may not be mounted when writing an ISO to it! So make sure you unmount it first:

is this correct - !?

well i guess that i have to do now the following:

since my USB drive should not be mounted when writing an ISO to it! So make sure you unmount it first:

sudo umount /dev/sdb1

To write the Live Install image to the USB, run the following command:

sudo dd bs=4M if=/path/to/endeavouros-x86_64.iso of=/dev/sdb1 conv=fsync oflag=direct status=progress

update: and note: i openend the terminal in the downloads folder and

see the location of the installation medium (which i renamed to a simple-name so far)

/home/ubuntu/Downloads/EndeavourOS.iso

so is the command accordingly like so;

sudo dd bs=4M if=/home/ubuntu/Downloads/EndeavourOS.iso of=/dev/sdb1 conv=fsync oflag=direct status=progress

and see finally what happened:

note: see what i have done:

ubuntu@T420s:~/Downloads$ sudo dd bs=4M if=/home/ubuntu/Downloads/EndeavourOS.iso of=/dev/sdb1 conv=fsync oflag=direct status=progress
[sudo] Passwort für ubuntu: 
2898264064 Bytes (2,9 GB, 2,7 GiB) kopiert, 397 s, 7,3 MB/s2900897792 Bytes (2,9 GB, 2,7 GiB) kopiert, 397,352 s, 7,3 MB/s

691+1 Datensätze ein
691+1 Datensätze aus
2900897792 Bytes (2,9 GB, 2,7 GiB) kopiert, 397,705 s, 7,3 MB/s
ubuntu@T420s:~/Downloads$

Question: hmmm is this correct !? what to do now!?note: see what i have done:

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I usuallly use SUSE Image writer or Etcher if in a rush with no issues. Have you tried these?
Also did you confirm the ISO downloaded correctly just in case?

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Um not sure but a good way to test would be see if it boots

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Seems so complicated and long just to get EOS to a USB thumbdrive. As @smokey said, just flash to the thumbdrive with SUSE Image writer or Etcher and you’re done.

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I have only used dd but newbies BEWARE, with one mistake you can wipe out the drive you are working from. dd is well known as data destroyer for a reason.

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I’ve used dd but now I mostly just use Ventoy because I can boot multiple isos when using Ventoy on a flash drive.

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The main reason I use SUSE image/etcher have made typos doing this in the early years

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I’ve never had much luck with ventoy but it’s probably something I do not it that makes it fail as many suggest it

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dear all - well i guess that the creation worked see what i have got in the terminal


sda                                                                           
├─sda1
│    vfat   FAT32       522E-C62B                                   1G     1% /boot/efi
├─sda2
│    ext4   1.0         9709199b-6014-4ecf-8016-a9d503142da0      1,6G    10% /boot
└─sda3
     LVM2_m LVM2        u8A0U3-g1UG-l1QF-dRAS-Y258-ad8O-7zV3L3                
  └─ubuntu--vg-ubuntu--lv
     ext4   1.0         7a754ecd-a38a-4275-80d3-281672a91284     76,2G    28% /var/snap/firefox/common/host-hunspell
                                                                              /
sdb                                                                           
└─sdb1
     iso966 Jolie EOS_202406
                        2024-06-25-11-30-26-00                                
sr0                                                                           
ubuntu@T420s:~/Downloads$
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Have you tried booting it, this is really the only way to really know in the end. (well there are others but yer)

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hi there - i will do this now!!

i will respond and tell you all my findings.

wait.,…

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Well it was nice knowing you. :rofl:

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Cool, you don’t need to install but yer best confirmation is doing this. I think you might be overthinking the process a bit (no offence meant)

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I’ve been here lol

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cd

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I need this hey, my brain frying itself trying to figure out something and this just broke it

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LOL bros

i stick here .-

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need to set the boot mode - at least i guess so

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Been a long time since I’ve looked at these screens. I would suggest looking at the boot order and making it boot the USB first (just what I would try). If that fails looking up the laptop/PC on google etc and seeing how to do so. (if this makes little sense sorry, mind is worlds away)

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I just use the F12 for my bios and select boot from USB there when needed.

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Using dd for making a bootable usb from an ISO, you don’t normally write it to a partition but to the device itself. In this case: of=/dev/sdb

:warning:
Be very careful what you put after of=. A mistake and then you may loose some data on another device. You have been warned!

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