software to burn a .IMG file to usb pendrive? [Solved]

[oaktree]

i Want to burn a .IMG file (the Grub 2 Rescue Tool fixer) to usb pendrive.
the MX live usb maker is not meant for this (and won't even accept .IMG files).
Googling I found Linux programs that do this, but NONE of them are in the MX repo nor flatpaks. (usb-creator, usbimager, balena-etcher, unetbootin, and mintstick)
I did find 1 appimage for Balena Etcher, and I love appimages and use them a lot, but this one failed to work.
So, is there no way to use a GUI to burn a IMG in MX? Could one of these programs be added to the repo?
Thanks...

[Eadwine Rose]

With all help requests, please share your full Quick System Info, found in the menu under Favorites. Press the Copy for forum button, then click paste in a reply. If need be, you can do this with the LiveUSB, thanks.

[chrispop99]

I use gnome-disk-utility for this and other purposes. It's in the Enabled Repos tab of the Package Installer.

Chris

[DukeComposed]

I did find 1 appimage for Balena Etcher, and I love appimages and use them a lot, but this one failed to work.

From the README: "Package for Debian and Ubuntu can be downloaded from the Github release page". I've had no problems using the Etcher AppImage, and Popsicle is pretty nice, too. It's from the System76 folks and is written in Rust. If AppImages aren't working for you, try one of the .deb files provided on their GitHub.

[dolphin_oracle]

You can actually use img with live-usb-maker in image mode. The file dialog defaults to iso but you can change to all files.

I do this all the time with the pi respin.

[Stevie 57]

I wanted to try out EasyOS couple of months ago, and that comes as an .img. Had no problem burning it to USB stick with MX Live USB Maker, and once done it booted up without any issues.

[fehlix]

You can actually use img with live-usb-maker in image mode. The file dialog defaults to iso but you can change to all files.

I do this all the time with the pi respin.

Suggest to let the system "know" about the feature of mx-live-usb-maker to also accept disk-images,
and add MX Live-USB Maker to the right-click menu within the file manager.
E.g. by these steps for Xfce and Thunar:
* Change MimeType line within mx-live-usb-maker.desktop
from:

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MimeType=application/x-cd-image;

to

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MimeType=application/x-cd-image;application/x-raw-disk-image;

* Add both mimetypes to the default mimeapps.list,
e.g in Xfce add these lines to /etc/xdg/xfce-mimeapps.list

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application/x-cd-image=mx-live-usb-maker.desktop;
application/x-raw-disk-image=mx-live-usb-maker.desktop;

This would now offer to open a raw-disk-image with MX Live USB Maker within Thunar file manager,
like shown here:

disk-image-with-mx-live-usb-maker-right-click-menu.jpg

and opens MX Live USB Maker with the pre-selected image mode:

disk-image-with-mx-live-usb-maker.jpg

* Further adjust the label within "MX Live USB Maker"
from "Select ISO file" to "Select ISO/IMG file"
* Maybe enhance the file-filter within the file-chooser, to not only list iso-files but also img-files, if possible

[oaktree]

Suggest to let the system "know" about the feature of mx-live-usb-maker to also accept disk-images,
and add MX Live-USB Maker to the right-click menu within the file manager.
E.g. by these steps for Xfce and Thunar:
* Change MimeType line within mx-live-usb-maker.desktop

Wow! Lots of good ideas and answers here!
Thanks to the above, I see now the ‘ISO’ button at far bottom, and clicking it can allow other file types.

And i strongly agree with fehlix's idea to “adjust the label within "MX Live USB Maker"
from "Select ISO file" to "Select ISO/IMG file"
* Maybe enhance the file-filter within the file-chooser, to not only list iso-files but also img-files, if possible”

I also liked his information on editing mime types, and will try this later.

I never even thought of using the file manager's right click menu because:
1. Linux is usally not good with file extensions and associations. Most files don't even use them.
2. I normally use another file manager, not Thunar.
So ok, i Opened Thunar and right clicked on my IMG file, and it immediately shows: “open with ‘Image Disk Writer’ ”!! It turns out that's a hidden part of a Gnome ‘DISKS’ utility I had installed.

But instead of using that, I right-clicked and chose ‘open with’ then searched for ‘MX Live USB Writer’, which then came right up, and so I burned the IMG easily.

I'll go ahead and add the mime type as well. But a question, can we just write tje actual extension name, such as:
application/.IMG=mx-live-usb-maker.desktop;
or do we have to know the offical long-winded code name for each file type?