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UNetbootin is a universal open source tool to put Linux ISO images on a USB stick. It's good because it always works (for me). A UNetbootin package is available in MX-17/18 test repo, but is unavailable in MX-19. It would be nice to have it in MX-19 as well.

https://unetbootin.github.io/
https://github.com/unetbootin/unetbootin

Live USB Maker in dd mode and Mintstick do the same thing.

Just want to mention that we have mintstick in the MX repos--don't want newbies thinking that they have to zip over to Mint to grab a deb.

You should be able to use the MX 17/18 deb in MX 19, too...

Stevo wrote: Fri Mar 20, 2020 8:10 pm Just want to mention that we have mintstick in the MX repos--don't want newbies thinking that they have to zip over to Mint to grab a deb.

You should be able to use the MX 17/18 deb in MX 19, too...

mintstick is probably dd so not my cup of tea. I'll grab the deb from MX-17/18.

Update?
So is the answer no for UNetbootin in MX19?
I like it because the rest of the USB is still usable and it uses FAT.
dd mode just makes the USB a "single use stick"
Also, I don't know how to "grab the deb"
I am more of a check the box and select install kind of user

Go to http://unetbootin.github.io/linux_download.html, download the binary, follow the instructions on the page to make it executable, then just run it in a terminal.

JayM wrote: Sun Mar 22, 2020 11:45 pm Go to http://unetbootin.github.io/linux_download.html, download the binary, follow the instructions on the page to make it executable, then just run it in a terminal.

I did try this before I posted, I was unable to get it to work.
In the past I have used binaries in Puppy Linux to get UNetbootin to work, so I do understand the idea. UNetbootin need to be run in root, not sure if I was.
I tried this on a USB stick with static persistence.
I can just go back to using MX18.3

I tried it again, chmod +x ... did work.
If you go into Properties->Permissions and check the box ... Allow this file to run as a program ... didn't work for me.
Thanks

"didn't work" tells us nothing. How exactly did you run the application, and what exactly happened?

JayM wrote: Mon Mar 23, 2020 8:35 pm "didn't work" tells us nothing. How exactly did you run the application, and what exactly happened?

"didn't work for me" really just means I have a low skill level. I didn't really mean to imply that anything was wrong with MX19, sorry if it sounded that way. At that time I would just get errors, like file not found. I am not really sure what I did wrong the first few times I tried it.

I did try this again today on a fresh live USB stick and got it to work by checking the box... Allow this file to run as a program. So I guess I am slowing learning stuff. Like for example,
"then start the application by running ./unetbootin-linux" means you have to add ... 64-677.bin (unetbootin-linux64-677.bin)
I am really not that comfortable working in the terminal, unless its just cutting and pasting.

Open a terminal in the directory containing the unetbootin binary then run and it will prompt you for your root password then its GUI comes up. I didn't test it further than that as I have no need or desire for unetbootin. The USB tools that MX comes with or have available in the repositories are just fine for me.

JayM wrote: Tue Mar 24, 2020 12:01 am Open a terminal in the directory containing the unetbootin binary then run

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./unetbootin-linux64-677.bin

and it will prompt you for your root password then its GUI comes up. I didn't test it further than that as I have no need or desire for unetbootin. The USB tools that MX comes with or have available in the repositories are just fine for me.

It works!
Thank you for taking the time to test this and provide the cut and paste code needed.
Thanks again