Newbie install to usb stick using dd will not boot. Help please?

BeWild

From MX Linux terminal I used this:
sudo dd if=~/GhostBSD-25.02-R14.3p2-XFCE.iso of=/dev/sdb1 bs=4M conv=sync; sync

Reboot and Gparted showed it was installed on the usb stick. So does the file manager, Dolphin.
But it will not boot and goes straight to the MX install.

Can tech support help me get this OS up and running?

Thank you most kindly.

RodMyers

have you attempted telling the computer to boot off of the USB device?

BIOS or UEFI?

BeWild

Yes. I go to bios arrow over to 'boot' and down to the usb device.

nevillehay

Just asking, because I don't use linux, but why conv=sync;sync at the end?
Also shouldn't the command be something like

dd if=/path/to/GhostBSD.iso of=/dev/sdb bs=4M status=progress

Is the usb stick /dev/sdb1 or /dev/sdb ?

BeWild

nevillehay

I just used what was on the download site. I'll try it again with modifications. SDB might be a better option.

Robin

@nevillehay 's questions are good 'answers.' Also check if it's BIOS or UEFI, secure-boot is 0ff, etc. I came here from MX-Linux, and used the MX-USB-Maker to copy the GhostBSD iso to a usb-stick without any trouble. Perhaps if you format the USB stick first (fat32), and then burn the .iso to the USB stick.

It's like the "destroy" command to clean up a USB stick before writing a fresh one.

BeWild

Robin I'll try fat32

BeWild

I got an error msg after using MX installer...
\===============================================================================
Starting live-usb-maker 2.41.23
\===============================================================================
live-usb-maker 2.41.23 Will use target device /dev/sdb (114.6G USB SanDisk 3.2Gen1)
Will use source file /home/GhostBSD-25.02-R14.3p2-XFCE.iso
Total Used Extra
entire drive 114 GiB 114 GiB 1 MiB
main partition 114 GiB 3.37 GiB 111 GiB
uefi partition 50 MiB 0 MiB 50 MiB
Ready to make live-usb on device sdb
... by copying file /home/GhostBSD-25.02-R14.3p2-XFCE.iso
live-usb-maker 2.41.23: partition-clear >> partition-clear
live-usb-maker 2.41.23: partition-make >> partition-make
Using msdos partitioning
live-usb-maker 2.41.23: makefs-bios >> makefs-bios
live-usb-maker 2.41.23: makefs-uefi >> makefs-uefi
Filesystem Type Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/sdb1 ext4 113G 2.1M 113G 1% main
/dev/sdb2 vfat 49M 512 49M 1% uefi
live-usb-maker 2.41.23: copy-uefi >> copy-uefi
copy from iso to uefi partition
files [Ee][Ff][Ii] boot/{grub,uefi-mt} version
live-usb-maker 2.41.23: copy-main >> copy-main
copy from iso to main partition
copy remaining files ...

live-usb-maker 2.41.23: uuids >> uuids
Using antiX/MX grub config 1.0
live-usb-maker 2.41.23: install >> install
extlinux version 6.04
live-usb-maker took 2 minutes and 6 seconds.

BeWild

MX installer failed again. Will try altered dd.

BeWild

~
$ sudo dd if=~/GhostBSD-25.02-R14.3p2-XFCE.iso of=/dev/sdb bs=4M status=pro
gress
[sudo] password for xxxx:
3565158400 bytes (3.6 GB, 3.3 GiB) copied, 107 s, 33.3 MB/s
853+1 records in
853+1 records out
3581140992 bytes (3.6 GB, 3.3 GiB) copied, 108.905 s, 32.9 MB/s

BeWild

IT WORKS!! Thanks to revised dd.
I like it and it feels like home. Will be getting used to it in the days ahead.
Thanks again!

nevillehay

No worries. Hope you enjoy GhostBSD. If you like please join our telegram channel

Robin

WHEW! Hopefully that's the only glitch and it's finally over. This is not Linux! While many of the commands and such are similar, it's a unified system, not fragmented like Linux (which can be both good and bad, in different ways). It looks like you installed the XFCE version, which I also use (for now), and enjoy very much.

BeWild

MX can't see it and it can't see MX. I'll have to keep both. Might look at a Plasma 6 version, or maybe not, lol.
Telegram channel sounds interesting 🙂

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