Make Startup Disk doesn't work

Legacy Netrunner 14.x
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I’m trying to make a “Statrtup Disk” to download an iso. When I choose the iso, it will not load no matter what I do. It disappears as soon as I choose the file and click on it. I even the formatted the disk, but the iso simply will not load. Any idea as to why this is not working?

2

I guess only ubuntu based ISOs are supported by that tool. Are you trying with a ubuntu based ISO ?

3

No, I’m trying to download netrunner-rolling-2014.09.1-dvd-64bit.iso

4

Then the starupdisk tool does not work.
I recommend the dd terminal way. (Please change /dev/sdb to your usb device. You can see the device name in gparted after inserting or with dmesg)

sudo dd if=/path/to/iso/netrunner-rolling-2014.09.1-dvd-64bit.iso of=/dev/sdb
5

I’m sorry, but I’m totally lost. Could you give more specific instruction?

6

Open the terminal
Plug in your USB stick.
Open gparted and check the device name of your stick.
So something like /dev/sdb.
Type in the above line into the terminal. Replace the path to the path to the downloaded iso and replace the /dev/sdb to the /dev/sdX of your USB stick shown in gparted.
Press enter and type in your password.
The wait until a message appears that writing is finished.

7

I followed the steps, but can’t quite do it right. I changed the name to /dev/sdb like you said using the gparted.
Opened the terminal and typed sudo dd if=/path/to/iso/netrunner-rolling-2014.09.1-dvd-64bit.iso of=/dev/sdb in order to change the path. Entered the password, but got the following message:
dd: failed to open ‘/path/to/iso/netrunner-rolling-2014.09.1-dvd-64bit.iso’: No such file or directory
So I’m still stuck.

8

Either use the suse image writer gui (I didn’t know there was a ppa for that) or copy the command into an editor before copying it into the terminal to adjust the path more easily within the editor.

9

Netrunner Rolling is based on Manjaro, here are the instructions for burning the ISO to USB:
https://wiki.manjaro.org/index.php?title=Burn_an_ISO_File#Writing_to_a_USB_Stick_in_Linux

“path/to/iso/netrunner-rolling-2014.09.1-dvd-64bit.iso” needs to be pointing to where you have the ISO file.

Here is the easiest way of doing this:
Use dolphin to open the directory where you have this ISO file downloaded to, then in the Dolpin menu select Tools > Open Terminal and type this in to the terminal window that opens:

sudo dd bs=4M if=netrunner-rolling-2014.09.1-dvd-64bit.iso of=/dev/sdb