https://help.ubuntu.com/community/mkusb ... ual-12.pdf
The mkusb tool was developed to make it simpler and safer to create boot drives with the method to flash or clone an iso image or a compressed image file. It is using dd under the hood.The target is a mass storage device, often but not always a USB drive, sometimes an internal drive or an eSATA drive.
Installation is from PPA, so it is for Dog-based OS :
To clone an iso file on USB flash drive with mkusb, the iso file must be an isohybrid.
add-apt-repository must be enabled, and add this line :
add-apt-repository ppa:mkusb/ppa
refresh with apt update
and apt install mkusb mkusb-nox usb-pack-efi
usb-pack-efi is optional and used to have persistence.
Using a fresh install, you can use RemasterCow to make a sfs file, and use it later, as needed.
Used on Mintpup without problem. MKUSB will ask for grub-pc be installed if necessary to complete installation as happened with Mintpup.
To restore USB flash drive original state :
mkusb restore
Further reading :
How to Create Persistent USB
https://www.debugpoint.com/2019/10/how- ... inux-mint/
mkusb
mkusb-installer
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/mkusb ... normal_PPA
Puppy and to some extent Dog-based OS are deprived of the ability to use PPA to download and install utilities such as mkusb.
Here is a bash script to download and install mkusb. You just need to have wget installed.
Download the shell-script file mkusb-installer :
wget http://phillw.net/isos/linux-tools/mkus ... -installer
and run it from a terminal window with
bash mkusb-installer
...
[sudo] password:
...
Install via ppa or wget, uninstall or quit? (p/w/u/Q) w
...
Enter w (for wget) and the shell-script will download, check and install mkusb
mkusb is a GUI tool for dd with a very high rate of success to write iso image on USB flash drive, with or without persistence.
Puppy and to some extent Dog-based OS are deprived of the ability to use PPA to download and install utilities such as mkusb.
Here is a bash script to download and install mkusb. You just need to have wget installed.
Download the shell-script file mkusb-installer :
wget http://phillw.net/isos/linux-tools/mkus ... -installer
and run it from a terminal window with
bash mkusb-installer
...
[sudo] password:
...
Install via ppa or wget, uninstall or quit? (p/w/u/Q) w
...
Enter w (for wget) and the shell-script will download, check and install mkusb
mkusb is a GUI tool for dd with a very high rate of success to write iso image on USB flash drive, with or without persistence.