On Mon, Dec 02, 2013 at 02:11:13PM +0100, Florian Weimer wrote: > What's the correct way to write an image to a USB stick? I don't > write to it while any file systems are mounted. Mounting happens > automatically when I plug in the stick, and if I click "Eject" in > the GNOME notification, the /dev/sdb block device assigned to the > stick is still present, but dead—the open system call fails with > ENOMEDIUM. > > I've got a fairly default Fedora 19 installation, running GNOME in > Classic Mode, still running the 3.11.6-201.fc19.x86_64 kernel. > > (Right now, I overwrite the start of the stick with zeros while the > system is mounted, sync, unplug, and the plug it in again, for the > actual write operation, but that can't be the right thing to do.) You can use the GNOME Disks tool to do this, I believe. It not only supports mount/umount operations but has a Restore Disk operation available in the "tools" menu for each disk or partition. -- Paul W. Frields http://paul.frields.org/ gpg fingerprint: 3DA6 A0AC 6D58 FEC4 0233 5906 ACDB C937 BD11 3717 http://redhat.com/ - - - - http://pfrields.fedorapeople.org/ The open source story continues to grow: http://opensource.com -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
