Etcher warning

[Moltke]

I usually use Unetbootin to unpack ISO files to a USB, however it was suggested to use Etcher to do this for LLOS 5.  I used a 32 GB drive for this which had some files on it, but these were all in folders so the unpacker should have left these alone.  Not the case.  All of the files were wiped and the remaining space on the drive has been lost.  So if you are going to use Etcher, make sure the drive is clean or partitioned.  I believe I can eventually get all of this space back by zeroing the drive and reformatting.

I'm using ventoy https://www.ventoy.net/en/index.html it's pretty easy to use as all you need to do is copy the .iso to the USB stick. To use it:

1. - Download from here https://www.ventoy.net/en/download.html
2. - Once downloaded, open thunar and navigate to the folder/directory it is, you'll see a .tar.gz file, select it, right-click on it and select extract here
3. - Open the extracted folder, you should see among some other files 2 scripts;  CreatePersistentImg.sh and Ventoy2Disk.sh right-click on an empty/blank space and from the context menu choose open terminal here
4. - Plug your USB device/stick in and type in the terminal

Code:

lsblk

this will list the drives/partitions on your pc, take note of the USB, it might be something like

Code:

/dev/sdc

. Double check to make sure that's the right one.
5. - Install ventoy in the USB by typing in the terminal

Code:

sudo sh ./Ventoy2Disk -i /dev/sdc    #change accordingly to yours.

type in your password when asked, read everything carefully so you know what's going to happen and confirm by typing y when ready. You'll be warned again that all the data on the device will be lost, type y if you want to proceed.





6. - Wait for the process to be finished, it'll take just a couple of minutes, once it does, close the terminal and copy whatever .iso file or files onto the USB and try whether it worked or not. You can keep on using your device as you usually do and next time you want/need to try an OS just delete the old ones - if there's not enough room in the device, otherwise just copy the new .iso file or files onto it.

Hope this helps!