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Bootable USB flash drive utilities

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=== Etcher ===<small>To create a Windows 7 boot:* from console execute: sudo bash echo $((16*1024*1024)) > /proc/sys/vm/dirty_background_bytes echo $((48*1024*1024)) > /proc/sys/vm/dirty_bytes exit* ensure ISO is on the local disk, not a network drive or mounted from another medium, this seems to cause problems* using an ISO, run WoeUSB, and select NTFS as the file system for the flash.  * If you get an exit code 256 error after the NTFS format, dont worry.  Just start the process over.  It seems to be a conflict between automount and woeusb.  The second time around it starts copying files after it realizes the drive is NTFS formatted already* monitor the progress from console with nmon Note: This process is not verified, and failed during testing.</small> === Etcher / balena Etcher ===When I downloaded Etcher for Linux from the main web page the program came as an [[AppImage]] file.  They also provide external links to deb package and other options such as RPM. sudo dd if=./linuxmint-19.2-cinnamon-64bit.iso of=/dev/sdc bs=4M status=progress conv=fdatasync sudo dd if=./linuxmint-19.2-cinnamon-64bit.iso of=/dev/sdc bs=4M status=progress conv=fdatasynccan detach a USB drive with the following commands sudo eject /dev/sdcAfter invoking the eject command the USB flash drive is no longer a block device visible with fdisk -l[[Category:Solid_State_Media]]
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