what debian compatible live usb software do you use to test distros or gparted and install them?
from arsus5478@lemmy.ml to linux@lemmy.ml on 16 Aug 22:39
https://lemmy.ml/post/34786582

to install a fresh debian 13.0 I know ventoy. Do you use something else? why?

can I use gparted on ventoy to resize partitions on a notbook?

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frongt@lemmy.zip on 16 Aug 23:04 next collapse

You would be better served by asking questions in the existing post, instead of starting multiple new ones. Besides, these questions were already answered.

darkan15@lemmy.world on 16 Aug 23:36 next collapse

can I use gparted on ventoy to resize partitions on a notbook?

Yes, you can use the gparted ISO on ventoy or any other live ISO that has gparted to resize partitions.

A_norny_mousse@feddit.org on 17 Aug 07:03 next collapse

You do not need ventoy (or any other toy) to install Linux on your computer.

Why not just write to USB directly?

cp debian.iso /dev/sdX

I’m sure this is one of the alternatives recommended by Debian itself, where you get the .iso.

Quibblekrust@thelemmy.club on 17 Aug 18:07 collapse

Why not just write to USB directly?

cp debian.iso /dev/sdX

Because one single character typo and you just wiped out your system drive or some secondary HDD. It’s much safer to use a tool like Etcher.

haerrii@feddit.org on 17 Aug 07:36 next collapse

I’ve used a solution in the past looking like this:

/dev /sdb1 EFI

/dev/sdb2 FAT

put grub on the efi partition, and let it chainload any iso I choose from sdb2

A_norny_mousse@feddit.org on 18 Aug 06:16 collapse

Please don’t “hardcode” the drive specifier (sdb in this case) when you give advice. It is not necessarily the one OP wants to wrtite to. I usually write /dev/sdX.

monovergent@lemmy.ml on 17 Aug 17:15 next collapse

glim is like Ventoy, but built on GRUB with much cleaner code and no blobs. Doesn’t work with as many ISOs though.

Any way you boot it, gparted should work just fine from a live ISO.

If you’re just testing things out, Ventoy should be fine. If you want full assurance nothing fishy is going on when installing, do it the old way and dd the image to the USB.

Sina@beehaw.org on 18 Aug 05:20 next collapse

You use ventoy to boot into a live linux iso and then run gparted to resize, though there is a chance you have to do a non persisting install of gparted first.

MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip on 18 Aug 09:54 next collapse

??

# cp /path/distro.iso /dev/stick you mean that?

OhVenus_Baby@lemmy.ml on 18 Aug 10:09 collapse

Multi writer, KDE writer, Rufus, Mint stick. Take your pick depending on distro.