=========================================================================== Patrick DUPRÉ | | email: pdupre@xxxxxxx Laboratoire interdisciplinaire Carnot de Bourgogne 9 Avenue Alain Savary, BP 47870, 21078 DIJON Cedex FRANCE Tel: +33 (0)380395988 =========================================================================== > Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2019 at 9:27 PM > From: "Samuel Sieb" <samuel@xxxxxxxx> > To: users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: Iso on USB > > On 6/4/19 11:06 AM, Patrick Dupre wrote: > > Something strange to me: it is said: > > Fedora Media Writer destroys all data on the USB stick. If you need a non-destructive write method (to preserve existing data on your USB stick) or support for 'data persistence', you can use the livecd-iso-to-disk utility on Fedora. > > Then, > > livecd-iso-to-disk Fedora-Workstation-Live-x86_64-30-1.1.iso /dev/sdX > > where X > > could be (if I am correct) c (/dev/sdc) > > Why this will preserve the USB stick? > > > > I would have understand if it was /dev/sdc1 (or something else). > > Where did you see that message? The man page suggests using a partition In my opinion, this is ambiguous: livecd-iso-to-disk Fedora-Workstation-Live-x86_64-30-1.1.iso /dev/sdX in https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/quick-docs/creating-and-using-a-live-installation-image/index.html > (e.g. /dev/sdc1), not the whole disk device. > > > Doing livecd-iso-to-disk Fedora-Workstation-Live-x86_64-30-1.1.iso /dev/sdc > > would preserve my partitions sdc1, sdc2 ? > > Yes, it will, unless you use the --format option which is usually what I do. > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Fedora Code of Conduct: https://getfedora.org/code-of-conduct.html > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://getfedora.org/code-of-conduct.html List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
