Installing ISO on usb with rufus and new distros.
by peterlowyk from LinuxQuestions.org on (#54FK3)
I have used Rufus a long time and it has all ways worked fine.
Now lately i have got messages that rufus has to download files to make it work with several new distros i wanted to try. (linux-lite-5.0-64bit last i tried).
Earlier with the version i tried, boot did not work i got several error messages.
So i forgot it for a while and then i saw the files in my isofolder that rufus had downloaded ( I thought that rufus would download them on the usb stick, but there was a folder "rufus_files" with folder syslinux 6.04 with idlinux.bss and idlinuks.sys. i copied them on the files on my usb stick and at booting errors: syslinux 6.04 EDD. If i try to use uefi "windows boot" on my asus mobo it errors GNU Grub. After the errors there is no response anymore.
What should i have done with those additional files rufus downloaded?
I also tried to DD my stick with rufus and i got a stick that booted nicely and i could use the litelinux. I then started setup but i did cancel it since i had a similar disk on the computer and removed it, not to install on the wrong disk. After booting it just started Windows (win disk was still attached) so i guess there is nothing on the usb anymore! In windows i did not find any tool that could access the usb stick. Can i still make it alive somehow?
Now lately i have got messages that rufus has to download files to make it work with several new distros i wanted to try. (linux-lite-5.0-64bit last i tried).
Earlier with the version i tried, boot did not work i got several error messages.
So i forgot it for a while and then i saw the files in my isofolder that rufus had downloaded ( I thought that rufus would download them on the usb stick, but there was a folder "rufus_files" with folder syslinux 6.04 with idlinux.bss and idlinuks.sys. i copied them on the files on my usb stick and at booting errors: syslinux 6.04 EDD. If i try to use uefi "windows boot" on my asus mobo it errors GNU Grub. After the errors there is no response anymore.
What should i have done with those additional files rufus downloaded?
I also tried to DD my stick with rufus and i got a stick that booted nicely and i could use the litelinux. I then started setup but i did cancel it since i had a similar disk on the computer and removed it, not to install on the wrong disk. After booting it just started Windows (win disk was still attached) so i guess there is nothing on the usb anymore! In windows i did not find any tool that could access the usb stick. Can i still make it alive somehow?