Strugguling with live usb maker
Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2025 4:09 pm
Hi
I have been trying to make a live USB with the mx tool on my installed system from an iso that i created from the installed and set up system. The more i have read up and watched the more confused I have become. The tool behaves some what differently in terms of when it fails but the logs and dmesg are pretty much the same every time. I have tried to use some of the flags in the advanced settings and none of them and also formatting the usb to different formats none of which helped, at one point the drive would no longer mount and I had to restart and luckily able to reformat. Some things I noticed are when I look at the app properties> permissions there is no execute for my user if I run it as root I get message's that say not a valid path or similar, the app does ask for a password before executing(as my user) so seems right. The drive is a 982Gb aluminium body newish USB 2 or 3. I wish to use the the snapshot iso as a back up and on another usb as a portable system, but I can't get passed the make live USB without it failing.
Please could some one explain wtf I'm not getting or understanding about how this works, and perhaps explain it in a very basic way.
I've added the logs from the live usb maker as well ....
Thanks
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I have been trying to make a live USB with the mx tool on my installed system from an iso that i created from the installed and set up system. The more i have read up and watched the more confused I have become. The tool behaves some what differently in terms of when it fails but the logs and dmesg are pretty much the same every time. I have tried to use some of the flags in the advanced settings and none of them and also formatting the usb to different formats none of which helped, at one point the drive would no longer mount and I had to restart and luckily able to reformat. Some things I noticed are when I look at the app properties> permissions there is no execute for my user if I run it as root I get message's that say not a valid path or similar, the app does ask for a password before executing(as my user) so seems right. The drive is a 982Gb aluminium body newish USB 2 or 3. I wish to use the the snapshot iso as a back up and on another usb as a portable system, but I can't get passed the make live USB without it failing.
Please could some one explain wtf I'm not getting or understanding about how this works, and perhaps explain it in a very basic way.
I've added the logs from the live usb maker as well ....
Thanks
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Snapshot created on: 20250225_1534
System:
Kernel: 6.11.10-1-liquorix-amd64 [6.11-15~mx23ahs] arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.0 parameters: audit=0
intel_pstate=disable BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.11.10-1-liquorix-amd64 root=UUID=<filter> ro
quiet splash resume=UUID=<filter> resume_offset=113326080
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 5.27.5 wm: kwin_x11 vt: 7 dm: SDDM Distro: MX-23.5_KDE_x64 Libretto
September 15 2024 base: Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)
Machine:
Type: Desktop System: Micro-Star product: MS-7E27 v: 1.0 serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: Micro-Star model: PRO B650M-P (MS-7E27) v: 1.0 serial: <superuser required> UEFI: American
Megatrends LLC. v: 1.D1 date: 10/22/2024
Battery:
Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech M350 Wireless Mouse serial: <filter> charge: 100%
(should be ignored) rechargeable: yes status: discharging
CPU:
Info: model: AMD Ryzen 7 7700X bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen 4 gen: 5 level: v4 note: check
built: 2022+ process: TSMC n5 (5nm) family: 0x19 (25) model-id: 0x61 (97) stepping: 2
microcode: 0xA601209
Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 8 tpc: 2 threads: 16 smt: enabled cache: L1: 512 KiB
desc: d-8x32 KiB; i-8x32 KiB L2: 8 MiB desc: 8x1024 KiB L3: 32 MiB desc: 1x32 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 845 high: 5350 min/max: 545/5573 boost: enabled scaling:
driver: amd-pstate-epp governor: performance cores: 1: 545 2: 545 3: 545 4: 545 5: 545 6: 545
7: 545 8: 5350 9: 545 10: 545 11: 545 12: 545 13: 545 14: 545 15: 545 16: 545 bogomips: 144000
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
Vulnerabilities:
Type: gather_data_sampling status: Not affected
Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected
Type: l1tf status: Not affected
Type: mds status: Not affected
Type: meltdown status: Not affected
Type: mmio_stale_data status: Not affected
Type: reg_file_data_sampling status: Not affected
Type: retbleed status: Not affected
Type: spec_rstack_overflow mitigation: Safe RET
Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl
Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Enhanced / Automatic IBRS; IBPB: conditional; STIBP: always-on;
RSB filling; PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected; BHI: Not affected
Type: srbds status: Not affected
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA GA104 [GeForce RTX 3070] vendor: ZOTAC driver: nvidia v: 535.216.03
non-free: 530.xx+ status: current (as of 2023-03) arch: Ampere code: GAxxx process: TSMC n7 (7nm)
built: 2020-22 pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 16 link-max: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s
bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:2484 class-ID: 0300
Device-2: AMD Raphael vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: amdgpu v: kernel arch: RDNA-2
code: Navi-2x process: TSMC n7 (7nm) built: 2020-22 pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 ports:
active: none empty: DP-1, DP-2, DP-3, HDMI-A-1, Writeback-1 bus-ID: 10:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:164e
class-ID: 0300 temp: 40.0 C
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.7 with: Xwayland v: 22.1.9 compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X:
loaded: amdgpu,nvidia unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,nouveau,vesa alternate: nv dri: radeonsi
gpu: nvidia,amdgpu display-ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1280x1024 s-dpi: 85 s-size: 382x302mm (15.04x11.89") s-diag: 487mm (19.17")
Monitor-1: HDMI-0 res: 1280x1024 hz: 60 dpi: 86 size: 376x301mm (14.8x11.85")
diag: 482mm (18.96") modes: N/A
API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 535.216.03 renderer: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070/PCIe/SSE2
direct-render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: NVIDIA GA104 High Definition Audio vendor: ZOTAC driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie:
gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:228b class-ID: 0403
Device-2: AMD Rembrandt Radeon High Definition Audio vendor: Micro-Star MSI
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 10:00.1
chip-ID: 1002:1640 class-ID: 0403
Device-3: AMD Family 17h/19h HD Audio vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 10:00.6 chip-ID: 1022:15e3 class-ID: 0403
API: ALSA v: k6.11.10-1-liquorix-amd64 status: kernel-api tools: alsamixer,amixer
Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.0.0 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse status: active
2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin 4: pw-jack type: plugin
tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
Device-1: Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 2
speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: e000 bus-ID: 0c:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8125 class-ID: 0200
IF: eth0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 1.43 TiB used: 210.07 GiB (14.4%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Western Digital model: PC SN730 SDBPNTY-512G-1006
size: 476.94 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 type: SSD
serial: <filter> rev: HPS2 temp: 36.9 C scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 type: USB model: N/A size: 982.42 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
logical: 512 B type: N/A serial: <filter> rev: 2.00 scheme: MBR
SMART Message: Unknown USB bridge. Flash drive/Unsupported enclosure?
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 476.69 GiB size: 468.13 GiB (98.21%) used: 210.07 GiB (44.9%) fs: ext4
dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 256 MiB size: 252 MiB (98.46%) used: 274 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat
dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 15 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 53.16 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 file: /swap/swap
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 43.8 C mobo: 30.2 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
GPU: device: nvidia screen: :0.0 temp: 40 C fan: 0% device: amdgpu temp: 39.0 C
Repos:
Packages: pm: dpkg pkgs: 2753 libs: 1500 tools: apt,apt-get,aptitude,nala pm: rpm pkgs: 0
pm: flatpak pkgs: 0
No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian-stable-updates.list
1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm-updates main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list
1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
2: deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security bookworm-security main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mx.list
1: deb http://mxlinux.mirrors.uk2.net/packages/mx/repo/ bookworm main non-free
2: deb http://mxlinux.mirrors.uk2.net/packages/mx/repo/ bookworm ahs
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/vscodium.list
1: deb [ signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/vscodium-archive-keyring.gpg ] https://paulcarroty.gitlab.io/vscodium-deb-rpm-repo/debs vscodium main
Info:
Processes: 330 Uptime: 6h 8m wakeups: 23 Memory: 46.17 GiB used: 4.14 GiB (9.0%) Init: SysVinit
v: 3.06 runlevel: 5 default: graphical tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 12.2.0 alt: 11/12
Client: shell wrapper v: 5.2.15-release inxi: 3.3.26
Boot Mode: UEFICode: Select all
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/usr/local/bin/live-usb-maker gui partition-clear -NC off --target sdc
program: live-usb-maker
started: Fri 27 Dec 01:31:10 GMT 2024
version: 2.41.19-2302 (Sat, 25 Feb 2023 12:45:10 -0500)
kernel: 6.11.10-1-liquorix-amd64
OS: MX 23.4_KDE (Libretto)
found lib: /usr/local/lib/cli-shell-utils/cli-shell-utils.bash
lib version: 2.41.05-2302 (Sat, 25 Feb 2023 12:45:10 -0500)
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Found man page: live-usb-maker.1
Will use target device sdc (14.3G SanDisk Cruzer Blade)
Will use source null
Ready to perform partition-clear action on sdc
>> partition-clear
Total bytes: 15376318464
Total blocks: 30031872
> dd status=none if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdc bs=512 count=34
> dd status=none if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdc bs=512 count=34 seek=64
> dd status=none conv=notrunc if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdc bs=512 count=34 seek=30031838
> partprobe /dev/sdc
>> done
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/usr/local/bin/live-usb-maker gui -N -p -g -C off --from=/home/snapshot/snapshot-20250225_1531.iso -t /dev/sda
program: live-usb-maker
started: Tue 25 Feb 18:44:04 GMT 2025
version: 2.41.19-2302 (Sat, 25 Feb 2023 12:45:10 -0500)
kernel: 6.11.10-1-liquorix-amd64
OS: MX 23.5_KDE (Libretto)
found lib: /usr/local/lib/cli-shell-utils/cli-shell-utils.bash
lib version: 2.41.05-2302 (Sat, 25 Feb 2023 12:45:10 -0500)
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Found man page: live-usb-maker.1
PRETEND MODE ENABLED
Will use target device /dev/sda (3.8G SCSI DISK)
Will use source file /home/snapshot/snapshot-20250225_1531.iso
Found grub config 2.0
Estimated extfs overhead for 3797M is 7M
Total Used Extra
entire drive 3.76 GiB 3.76 GiB 1 MiB
main partition 3.71 GiB 20.2 GiB -16935 MiB
uefi partition 50 MiB 32 MiB 18 MiB
Warning: Not enough space on main partition
Warning: Less than 20 MiB would remain on main partition
Already using over 900f the device
Error: Not enough space on ext partition
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/usr/local/bin/live-usb-maker gui -N -g --data-first=25,exfat -C off --from=/home/snapshot/snapshot-20250225_1531.iso -t /dev/sda
program: live-usb-maker
started: Wed 5 Mar 15:55:42 GMT 2025
version: 2.41.19-2302 (Sat, 25 Feb 2023 12:45:10 -0500)
kernel: 6.11.10-1-liquorix-amd64
OS: MX 23.5_KDE (Libretto)
found lib: /usr/local/lib/cli-shell-utils/cli-shell-utils.bash
lib version: 2.41.05-2302 (Sat, 25 Feb 2023 12:45:10 -0500)
---------------------------------------------------------------------
Found man page: live-usb-maker.1
Will use target device /dev/sda (982.4G VendorCo ProductCode)
Will use source file /home/snapshot/snapshot-20250225_1531.iso
Found grub config 2.0
Estimated extfs overhead for 754449M is 44M
Total Used Extra
entire drive 982 GiB 982 GiB 0 MiB
data partition 245 GiB 0 MiB 245 GiB
main partition 736 GiB 20.3 GiB 716 GiB
uefi partition 50 MiB 32 MiB 18 MiB
Will create a leading exfat data partition
Ready to make live-usb on device sda
... by copying file /home/snapshot/snapshot-20250225_1531.iso
>> partition-clear
Total bytes: 1054867456000
Total blocks: 2060288000
> dd status=none if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda bs=512 count=34
> dd status=none if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda bs=512 count=34 seek=64
> dd status=none conv=notrunc if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda bs=512 count=34 seek=2060287966
> partprobe /dev/sda
>> partition-make
Using gpt partitioning
> parted --script --align optimal /dev/sda unit MiB mklabel gpt
> dd status=none if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda seek=1024 bs=1K count=128
> parted --script --align optimal /dev/sda unit MiB mkpart primary 1 251500
> dd status=none if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda seek=257536000 bs=1K count=128
> parted --script --align optimal /dev/sda unit MiB mkpart primary 251500 1005948
> parted --script --align optimal /dev/sda unit MiB set 2 legacy_boot on
> dd status=none if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda seek=1030090752 bs=1K count=128
> parted --script --align optimal /dev/sda unit MiB mkpart primary 1005948 1005997
> parted --script --align optimal /dev/sda unit MiB set 3 esp on
> partprobe /dev/sda
>> makefs-data
> wait_for_file /dev/sda1
>> makefs-data
Make exfat filesystem
> mkfs.exfat -n USB-DATA /dev/sda1
exfatprogs version : 1.2.0
Creating exFAT filesystem(/dev/sda1, cluster size=131072)
Writing volume boot record: done
Writing backup volume boot record: done
Fat table creation: done
Allocation bitmap creation: done
Upcase table creation: done
Writing root directory entry: done
Synchronizing...
exFAT format complete!
> partprobe /dev/sda1
Error: Partition(s) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64 on /dev/sda1 have been written, but we have been unable to inform the kernel of the change, probably because it/they are in use. As a result, the old partition(s) will remain in use. You should reboot now before making further changes.
> wait_for_file /dev/sda2
>> makefs-bios
> mkfs.ext4 -O ^64bit -m0 -i16384 -J size=32 /dev/sda2
mke2fs 1.47.0 (5-Feb-2023)
64-bit filesystem support is not enabled. The larger fields afforded by this feature enable full-strength checksumming. Pass -O 64bit to rectify.
Creating filesystem with 193138688 4k blocks and 48291840 inodes
Filesystem UUID: b8f1f347-40bf-495d-b565-fcd43e072174
Superblock backups stored on blocks:
32768, 98304, 163840, 229376, 294912, 819200, 884736, 1605632, 2654208,
4096000, 7962624, 11239424, 20480000, 23887872, 71663616, 78675968,
102400000
Allocating group tables: 0/5895 done
Writing inode tables: 0/5895 done
Creating journal (8192 blocks): done
Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information: 0/5895 done
> tune2fs -L Live-usb /dev/sda2
tune2fs: Bad magic number in super-block while trying to open /dev/sda2
tune2fs 1.47.0 (5-Feb-2023)
> wait_for_file /dev/sda3
>> makefs-uefi
> mkfs.vfat -F 32 -n LIVE-UEFI /dev/sda3
mkfs.fat 4.2 (2021-01-31)
> partprobe /dev/sda
Error: The backup GPT table is corrupt, but the primary appears OK, so that will be used.
> wait_for_file /dev/sda2
> mkdir -p /run/live-usb-maker/main
> mount -t ext4 /dev/sda2 /run/live-usb-maker/main
mount: /run/live-usb-maker/main: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sda2, missing codepage or helper program, or other error.
dmesg(1) may have more information after failed mount system call.
Error: Could not mount /dev/sda2 at /run/live-usb-maker/main
=====================================================================
/usr/local/bin/live-usb-maker gui -N --data-first=30,exfat -C off --from=/home/snapshot/snapshot-20250225_1531.iso -t /dev/sda
program: live-usb-maker
started: Wed 5 Mar 16:09:22 GMT 2025
version: 2.41.19-2302 (Sat, 25 Feb 2023 12:45:10 -0500)
kernel: 6.11.10-1-liquorix-amd64
OS: MX 23.5_KDE (Libretto)
found lib: /usr/local/lib/cli-shell-utils/cli-shell-utils.bash
lib version: 2.41.05-2302 (Sat, 25 Feb 2023 12:45:10 -0500)
---------------------------------------------------------------------
Found man page: live-usb-maker.1
Will use target device /dev/sda (982.4G VendorCo ProductCode)
Will use source file /home/snapshot/snapshot-20250225_1531.iso
Found grub config 2.0
Estimated extfs overhead for 704149M is 44M
Total Used Extra
entire drive 982 GiB 982 GiB 0 MiB
data partition 294 GiB 0 MiB 294 GiB
main partition 687 GiB 20.3 GiB 667 GiB
uefi partition 50 MiB 32 MiB 18 MiB
Will create a leading exfat data partition
Ready to make live-usb on device sda
... by copying file /home/snapshot/snapshot-20250225_1531.iso
>> partition-clear
Total bytes: 1054867456000
Total blocks: 2060288000
> dd status=none if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda bs=512 count=34
> dd status=none if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda bs=512 count=34 seek=64
> dd status=none conv=notrunc if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda bs=512 count=34 seek=2060287966
> partprobe /dev/sda
>> partition-make
Using msdos partitioning
> parted --script --align optimal /dev/sda unit MiB mklabel msdos
> dd status=none if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda seek=1024 bs=1K count=128
> parted --script --align optimal /dev/sda unit MiB mkpart primary 1 301800
> dd status=none if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda seek=309043200 bs=1K count=128
> parted --script --align optimal /dev/sda unit MiB mkpart primary 301800 1005948
> parted --script --align optimal /dev/sda unit MiB set 2 boot on
> dd status=none if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda seek=1030090752 bs=1K count=128
> parted --script --align optimal /dev/sda unit MiB mkpart primary 1005948 1005997
> parted --script --align optimal /dev/sda unit MiB set 3 esp on
> partprobe /dev/sda
>> makefs-data
> wait_for_file /dev/sda1
>> makefs-data
Make exfat filesystem
> mkfs.exfat -n USB-DATA /dev/sda1
exfatprogs version : 1.2.0
Creating exFAT filesystem(/dev/sda1, cluster size=131072)
Writing volume boot record: done
Writing backup volume boot record: done
Fat table creation: done
Allocation bitmap creation: done
Upcase table creation: done
Writing root directory entry: done
Synchronizing...
exFAT format complete!
> partprobe /dev/sda1
Error: Partition(s) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64 on /dev/sda1 have been written, but we have been unable to inform the kernel of the change, probably because it/they are in use. As a result, the old partition(s) will remain in use. You should reboot now before making further changes.
> wait_for_file /dev/sda2
>> makefs-bios
> mkfs.ext4 -O ^64bit -m0 -i16384 -J size=32 /dev/sda2
mke2fs 1.47.0 (5-Feb-2023)
64-bit filesystem support is not enabled. The larger fields afforded by this feature enable full-strength checksumming. Pass -O 64bit to rectify.
Creating filesystem with 180261888 4k blocks and 45072384 inodes
Filesystem UUID: 7f95bf54-8b19-45b8-8d0c-d6ed325b7e6f
Superblock backups stored on blocks:
32768, 98304, 163840, 229376, 294912, 819200, 884736, 1605632, 2654208,
4096000, 7962624, 11239424, 20480000, 23887872, 71663616, 78675968,
102400000
Allocating group tables: 0/5502 done
Writing inode tables: 0/5502 done
Creating journal (8192 blocks): done
Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information: 0/5502 done
> tune2fs -L Live-usb /dev/sda2
tune2fs: Bad magic number in super-block while trying to open /dev/sda2
tune2fs 1.47.0 (5-Feb-2023)
> wait_for_file /dev/sda3
>> makefs-uefi
> mkfs.vfat -F 32 -n LIVE-UEFI /dev/sda3
mkfs.fat 4.2 (2021-01-31)
> partprobe /dev/sda
> wait_for_file /dev/sda2
> mkdir -p /run/live-usb-maker/main
> mount -t ext4 /dev/sda2 /run/live-usb-maker/main
mount: /run/live-usb-maker/main: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sda2, missing codepage or helper program, or other error.
dmesg(1) may have more information after failed mount system call.
Error: Could not mount /dev/sda2 at /run/live-usb-maker/main
=====================================================================
/usr/local/bin/live-usb-maker gui -N --label=sda2 -C off --from=/home/snapshot/snapshot-20250225_1531.iso -t /dev/sda
program: live-usb-maker
started: Wed 5 Mar 16:12:58 GMT 2025
version: 2.41.19-2302 (Sat, 25 Feb 2023 12:45:10 -0500)
kernel: 6.11.10-1-liquorix-amd64
OS: MX 23.5_KDE (Libretto)
found lib: /usr/local/lib/cli-shell-utils/cli-shell-utils.bash
lib version: 2.41.05-2302 (Sat, 25 Feb 2023 12:45:10 -0500)
---------------------------------------------------------------------
Found man page: live-usb-maker.1
Will use target device /dev/sda (982.4G VendorCo ProductCode)
Will use source file /home/snapshot/snapshot-20250225_1531.iso
Found grub config 2.0
Estimated extfs overhead for 1005949M is 44M
Total Used Extra
entire drive 982 GiB 982 GiB 1 MiB
main partition 982 GiB 20.3 GiB 962 GiB
uefi partition 50 MiB 32 MiB 18 MiB
Ready to make live-usb on device sda
... by copying file /home/snapshot/snapshot-20250225_1531.iso
>> partition-clear
Total bytes: 1054867456000
Total blocks: 2060288000
> dd status=none if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda bs=512 count=34
> dd status=none if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda bs=512 count=34 seek=64
> dd status=none conv=notrunc if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda bs=512 count=34 seek=2060287966
> partprobe /dev/sda
>> partition-make
Using msdos partitioning
> parted --script --align optimal /dev/sda unit MiB mklabel msdos
> dd status=none if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda seek=1024 bs=1K count=128
> parted --script --align optimal /dev/sda unit MiB mkpart primary 1 1005949
> parted --script --align optimal /dev/sda unit MiB set 1 boot on
> dd status=none if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda seek=1030091776 bs=1K count=128
> parted --script --align optimal /dev/sda unit MiB mkpart primary 1005949 1005998
> parted --script --align optimal /dev/sda unit MiB set 2 esp on
> partprobe /dev/sda
> wait_for_file /dev/sda1
>> makefs-bios
> mkfs.ext4 -O ^64bit -m0 -i16384 -J size=32 /dev/sda1
mke2fs 1.47.0 (5-Feb-2023)
64-bit filesystem support is not enabled. The larger fields afforded by this feature enable full-strength checksumming. Pass -O 64bit to rectify.
Creating filesystem with 257522688 4k blocks and 64380928 inodes
Filesystem UUID: 704a6a2e-2e47-4867-aafd-93a8c78bb863
Superblock backups stored on blocks:
32768, 98304, 163840, 229376, 294912, 819200, 884736, 1605632, 2654208,
4096000, 7962624, 11239424, 20480000, 23887872, 71663616, 78675968,
102400000, 214990848
Allocating group tables: 0/7859 done
Writing inode tables: 0/7859 done
Creating journal (8192 blocks): done
Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information: 0/78593126/7859 done
> tune2fs -L sda2 /dev/sda1
tune2fs 1.47.0 (5-Feb-2023)
> wait_for_file /dev/sda2
>> makefs-uefi
> mkfs.vfat -F 32 -n LIVE-UEFI /dev/sda2
mkfs.fat 4.2 (2021-01-31)
> partprobe /dev/sda
> wait_for_file /dev/sda1
> mkdir -p /run/live-usb-maker/main
> mount -t ext4 /dev/sda1 /run/live-usb-maker/main
mount: /run/live-usb-maker/main: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sda1, missing codepage or helper program, or other error.
dmesg(1) may have more information after failed mount system call.
Error: Could not mount /dev/sda1 at /run/live-usb-maker/main
live-usb-maker took 16 seconds.
=====================================================================
/usr/local/bin/live-usb-maker gui -N --force=usb -C off --from=/home/snapshot/snapshot-20250225_1531.iso -t /dev/sda
program: live-usb-maker
started: Sun 16 Mar 00:14:42 GMT 2025
version: 2.41.19-2302 (Sat, 25 Feb 2023 12:45:10 -0500)
kernel: 6.11.10-1-liquorix-amd64
OS: MX 23.5_KDE (Libretto)
found lib: /usr/local/lib/cli-shell-utils/cli-shell-utils.bash
lib version: 2.41.05-2302 (Sat, 25 Feb 2023 12:45:10 -0500)
---------------------------------------------------------------------
Found man page: live-usb-maker.1
Will use target device /dev/sda (982.4G VendorCo ProductCode)
Will use source file /home/snapshot/snapshot-20250225_1531.iso
Found grub config 2.0
Estimated extfs overhead for 1005949M is 44M
Total Used Extra
entire drive 982 GiB 982 GiB 1 MiB
main partition 982 GiB 20.3 GiB 962 GiB
uefi partition 50 MiB 32 MiB 18 MiB
Ready to make live-usb on device sda
... by copying file /home/snapshot/snapshot-20250225_1531.iso
>> partition-clear
Total bytes: 1054867456000
Total blocks: 2060288000
> dd status=none if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda bs=512 count=34
> dd status=none if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda bs=512 count=34 seek=64
> dd status=none conv=notrunc if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda bs=512 count=34 seek=2060287966
> partprobe /dev/sda
>> partition-make
Using msdos partitioning
> parted --script --align optimal /dev/sda unit MiB mklabel msdos
> dd status=none if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda seek=1024 bs=1K count=128
> parted --script --align optimal /dev/sda unit MiB mkpart primary 1 1005949
> parted --script --align optimal /dev/sda unit MiB set 1 boot on
> dd status=none if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda seek=1030091776 bs=1K count=128
> parted --script --align optimal /dev/sda unit MiB mkpart primary 1005949 1005998
> parted --script --align optimal /dev/sda unit MiB set 2 esp on
> partprobe /dev/sda
> wait_for_file /dev/sda1
>> makefs-bios
> mkfs.ext4 -O ^64bit -m0 -i16384 -J size=32 /dev/sda1
mke2fs 1.47.0 (5-Feb-2023)
64-bit filesystem support is not enabled. The larger fields afforded by this feature enable full-strength checksumming. Pass -O 64bit to rectify.
Creating filesystem with 257522688 4k blocks and 64380928 inodes
Filesystem UUID: e0d19aa1-f405-4a6d-afe2-8806e555d29e
Superblock backups stored on blocks:
32768, 98304, 163840, 229376, 294912, 819200, 884736, 1605632, 2654208,
4096000, 7962624, 11239424, 20480000, 23887872, 71663616, 78675968,
102400000, 214990848
Allocating group tables: 0/7859 done
Writing inode tables: 0/7859 done
Creating journal (8192 blocks): done
Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information: 0/7859 done
> tune2fs -L Live-usb /dev/sda1
tune2fs 1.47.0 (5-Feb-2023)
> wait_for_file /dev/sda2
>> makefs-uefi
> mkfs.vfat -F 32 -n LIVE-UEFI /dev/sda2
mkfs.fat 4.2 (2021-01-31)
> partprobe /dev/sda
> wait_for_file /dev/sda1
> mkdir -p /run/live-usb-maker/main
> mount -t ext4 /dev/sda1 /run/live-usb-maker/main
mount: /run/live-usb-maker/main: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sda1, missing codepage or helper program, or other error.
dmesg(1) may have more information after failed mount system call.
Error: Could not mount /dev/sda1 at /run/live-usb-maker/main
live-usb-maker took 18 seconds.
=====================================================================
/usr/local/bin/live-usb-maker gui -N -C off --from=/home/lobo/snapshot-20250225_1531.iso -t /dev/sda
program: live-usb-maker
started: Wed 19 Mar 13:39:07 GMT 2025
version: 2.41.19-2302 (Sat, 25 Feb 2023 12:45:10 -0500)
kernel: 6.11.10-1-liquorix-amd64
OS: MX 23.5_KDE (Libretto)
found lib: /usr/local/lib/cli-shell-utils/cli-shell-utils.bash
lib version: 2.41.05-2302 (Sat, 25 Feb 2023 12:45:10 -0500)
---------------------------------------------------------------------
Found man page: live-usb-maker.1
Will use target device /dev/sda (982.4G VendorCo ProductCode 3.0)
Will use source file /home/lobo/snapshot-20250225_1531.iso
Found grub config 2.0
Estimated extfs overhead for 1005949M is 44M
Total Used Extra
entire drive 982 GiB 982 GiB 1 MiB
main partition 982 GiB 20.3 GiB 962 GiB
uefi partition 50 MiB 32 MiB 18 MiB
Ready to make live-usb on device sda
... by copying file /home/lobo/snapshot-20250225_1531.iso
>> partition-clear
Total bytes: 1054867456000
Total blocks: 2060288000
> dd status=none if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda bs=512 count=34
> dd status=none if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda bs=512 count=34 seek=64
> dd status=none conv=notrunc if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda bs=512 count=34 seek=2060287966
> partprobe /dev/sda
>> partition-make
Using msdos partitioning
> parted --script --align optimal /dev/sda unit MiB mklabel msdos
> dd status=none if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda seek=1024 bs=1K count=128
> parted --script --align optimal /dev/sda unit MiB mkpart primary 1 1005949
> parted --script --align optimal /dev/sda unit MiB set 1 boot on
> dd status=none if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda seek=1030091776 bs=1K count=128
> parted --script --align optimal /dev/sda unit MiB mkpart primary 1005949 1005998
> parted --script --align optimal /dev/sda unit MiB set 2 esp on
> partprobe /dev/sda
> wait_for_file /dev/sda1
>> makefs-bios
> mkfs.ext4 -O ^64bit -m0 -i16384 -J size=32 /dev/sda1
mke2fs 1.47.0 (5-Feb-2023)
64-bit filesystem support is not enabled. The larger fields afforded by this feature enable full-strength checksumming. Pass -O 64bit to rectify.
Creating filesystem with 257522688 4k blocks and 64380928 inodes
Filesystem UUID: 18d93f94-67f8-4f15-b993-b6306e68815a
Superblock backups stored on blocks:
32768, 98304, 163840, 229376, 294912, 819200, 884736, 1605632, 2654208,
4096000, 7962624, 11239424, 20480000, 23887872, 71663616, 78675968,
102400000, 214990848
Allocating group tables: 0/7859 done
Writing inode tables: 0/7859 done
Creating journal (8192 blocks): done
Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information: 0/78593126/7859 done
> tune2fs -L Live-usb /dev/sda1
tune2fs 1.47.0 (5-Feb-2023)
> wait_for_file /dev/sda2
>> makefs-uefi
> mkfs.vfat -F 32 -n LIVE-UEFI /dev/sda2
mkfs.fat 4.2 (2021-01-31)
> partprobe /dev/sda
> wait_for_file /dev/sda1
> mkdir -p /run/live-usb-maker/main
> mount -t ext4 /dev/sda1 /run/live-usb-maker/main
mount: /run/live-usb-maker/main: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sda1, missing codepage or helper program, or other error.
dmesg(1) may have more information after failed mount system call.
Error: Could not mount /dev/sda1 at /run/live-usb-maker/main
live-usb-maker took 37 seconds.
=====================================================================
/usr/local/bin/live-usb-maker gui -N -g --data-first=50,exfat -C off --from=/home/snapshot/snapshot-20250225_1531.iso -t /dev/sda
program: live-usb-maker
started: Wed 19 Mar 14:17:44 GMT 2025
version: 2.41.19-2302 (Sat, 25 Feb 2023 12:45:10 -0500)
kernel: 6.11.10-1-liquorix-amd64
OS: MX 23.5_KDE (Libretto)
found lib: /usr/local/lib/cli-shell-utils/cli-shell-utils.bash
lib version: 2.41.05-2302 (Sat, 25 Feb 2023 12:45:10 -0500)
---------------------------------------------------------------------
Found man page: live-usb-maker.1
Will use target device /dev/sda (982.4G VendorCo ProductCode 3.0)
Will use source file /home/snapshot/snapshot-20250225_1531.iso
Found grub config 2.0
Estimated extfs overhead for 502949M is 44M
Total Used Extra
entire drive 982 GiB 982 GiB 0 MiB
data partition 491 GiB 0 MiB 491 GiB
main partition 491 GiB 20.3 GiB 470 GiB
uefi partition 50 MiB 32 MiB 18 MiB
Will create a leading exfat data partition
Ready to make live-usb on device sda
... by copying file /home/snapshot/snapshot-20250225_1531.iso
>> partition-clear
Total bytes: 1054867456000
Total blocks: 2060288000
> dd status=none if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda bs=512 count=34
> dd status=none if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda bs=512 count=34 seek=64
> dd status=none conv=notrunc if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda bs=512 count=34 seek=2060287966
> partprobe /dev/sda
>> partition-make
Using gpt partitioning
> parted --script --align optimal /dev/sda unit MiB mklabel gpt
> dd status=none if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda seek=1024 bs=1K count=128
> parted --script --align optimal /dev/sda unit MiB mkpart primary 1 503000
> dd status=none if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda seek=515072000 bs=1K count=128
> parted --script --align optimal /dev/sda unit MiB mkpart primary 503000 1005948
> parted --script --align optimal /dev/sda unit MiB set 2 legacy_boot on
> dd status=none if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda seek=1030090752 bs=1K count=128
> parted --script --align optimal /dev/sda unit MiB mkpart primary 1005948 1005997
> parted --script --align optimal /dev/sda unit MiB set 3 esp on
> partprobe /dev/sda
>> makefs-data
> wait_for_file /dev/sda1
>> makefs-data
Make exfat filesystem
> mkfs.exfat -n USB-DATA /dev/sda1
exfatprogs version : 1.2.0
Creating exFAT filesystem(/dev/sda1, cluster size=131072)
Writing volume boot record: done
Writing backup volume boot record: done
Fat table creation: done
Allocation bitmap creation: done
Upcase table creation: done
Writing root directory entry: done
Synchronizing...
exFAT format complete!
> partprobe /dev/sda1
Error: Partition(s) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64 on /dev/sda1 have been written, but we have been unable to inform the kernel of the change, probably because it/they are in use. As a result, the old partition(s) will remain in use. You should reboot now before making further changes.
> wait_for_file /dev/sda2
>> makefs-bios
> mkfs.ext4 -O ^64bit -m0 -i16384 -J size=32 /dev/sda2
mke2fs 1.47.0 (5-Feb-2023)
64-bit filesystem support is not enabled. The larger fields afforded by this feature enable full-strength checksumming. Pass -O 64bit to rectify.
Creating filesystem with 128754688 4k blocks and 32194560 inodes
Filesystem UUID: ea2a47af-7e70-4967-abb1-721a9d0f459c
Superblock backups stored on blocks:
32768, 98304, 163840, 229376, 294912, 819200, 884736, 1605632, 2654208,
4096000, 7962624, 11239424, 20480000, 23887872, 71663616, 78675968,
102400000
Allocating group tables: 0/3930 done
Writing inode tables: 0/3930 done
Creating journal (8192 blocks): done
Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information: 0/3930 done
> tune2fs -L Live-usb /dev/sda2
tune2fs: Bad magic number in super-block while trying to open /dev/sda2
tune2fs 1.47.0 (5-Feb-2023)
> wait_for_file /dev/sda3
>> makefs-uefi
> mkfs.vfat -F 32 -n LIVE-UEFI /dev/sda3
mkfs.fat 4.2 (2021-01-31)
> partprobe /dev/sda
> wait_for_file /dev/sda2
> mkdir -p /run/live-usb-maker/main
> mount -t ext4 /dev/sda2 /run/live-usb-maker/main
mount: /run/live-usb-maker/main: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sda2, missing codepage or helper program, or other error.
dmesg(1) may have more information after failed mount system call.
Error: Could not mount /dev/sda2 at /run/live-usb-maker/main
live-usb-maker took one minute and 15 seconds.
