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Transfering the artix-xxx.iso to USB from Windows

I haven't done this for a very long time and don't even have windows to try things out, so I am not current in what to use and what not to.  I use to have good lack in W7 with usbootin and rufus but I remember some iso would work easily some will not.  What do you recommend for the specific artix iso (bios/uefi).

Re: Transfering the artix-xxx.iso to USB from Windows

Reply #1 –
Use Etcher : 

https://etcher.io/
If I can hit that bullseye, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate!

Re: Transfering the artix-xxx.iso to USB from Windows

Reply #2 –
I've used etcher before but on linux, I didn't realize they have windows versions.  It is very reliable but it is huge for what it does.  I've never had a miss with dd.
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dd if=linuxdistro.iso of=/dev/sdb bs=4M ; sync

Re: Transfering the artix-xxx.iso to USB from Windows

Reply #3 –
Hi,
I faced also severe problems to boot from USB on an apple MacBookAir 11-Zoll (2011, DualCore i5).
Trying different  USB-keys from different manufactures and different sizes and using different software (incl. DD-method)
to transfer the ISO onto the USB failed; - in all, I guess, I spent more than 5 hours :-(
The solution was to install  Ventoy.
After this is installed on the USB-key, you see nothing on the USB in the file browser (at least on my windows machine).
The trick is: you can copy your *.iso files on this USB key and during the boot process Ventoy is available in form of a life-session.
You can select inside Ventoy the *.iso file that you would like to load / to boot. In my case the standard procedure failed,
but you can select a Grub2 boot method in this case and that worked just fine for me.
Good luck!
 

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I've used etcher before but on linux, I didn't realize they have windows versions.  It is very reliable but it is huge for what it does.  I've never had a miss with dd.
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dd if=linuxdistro.iso of=/dev/sdb bs=4M ; sync



the dd command is all that is needed.  I am not sure why there is so much noise and testimonials on this topic.  We've done installfests for decades with thousands of installs, and dd ... without a doubt ... is all you need for a working iso and a thumb drive that is not broken.

On windows, I can't comment.  I haven't used windows for serious computer work for a very long time... but not long enough.  I hear they have linux on it now so you can use dd.