[ABANDON] My experiences writing an ISO to USB stick -- Help!

[austin.texas]

Give MultiSystem a try. It works great for me.
viewtopic.php?f=46&t=233094&start=40#p1238337

The only thing is that once you have created your Mint 18 USB drive with dd or with mintstick, you have a ISO9660 filesystem, which can prevent you from using the flash drive for other things. I know from experience that sometimes you need to clean up the first 64 sectors of the disk. You can't delete it by deleting partitions. You can delete all of your partitions, and it will still be there.
You can fix that with the dd command.
You can erase the boot area (including the partition table) by zeroing out the first 1MB of the drive, so that you have a fresh start.

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sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdb bs=1M count=10

That will destroy the partition table, as I mentioned. Gparted is the easiest way to create a new one - in spite of the fact that you are reticent to use Gparted... This is a flash drive anyway, not your hard drive.
Open GParted and locate the USB drive using the drop-down menu at the top right.
Unmount the USB drive - right click > Unmount
Create a new partition table: Device menu > Create Partition Table > msdos > APPLY
Close GParted.
Now you have a clean USB drive ready for MultiSystem to use.

[markfilipak]

There's also this: 'https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unified_E ... _Interface' about UEFI. SMM is actually an extension to the I386 architecture and op codes. I've coded using SMM instructions ... So... THAT'S UEFI, eh? Now I understand, and yes AscLinux, I guess I do have EFI. My apologies for questioning it, but you see, the 'BIOS' (EFI actually) doesn't mention it, and its description in "USB Legacy" doesn't sound like EFI.

[markfilipak]

Give MultiSystem a try. ... Gparted is the easiest way to create a new one - in spite of the fact that you are reticent to use Gparted... This is a flash drive anyway, not your hard drive.
Open GParted and locate the USB drive using the drop-down menu at the top right.
Unmount the USB drive - right click > Unmount
Create a new partition table: Device menu > Create Partition Table > msdos > APPLY
Close GParted.
Now you have a clean USB drive ready for MultiSystem to use.

Okay, you bet. If this works, I'm going to fly down there and buy you a beer.

[slipstick]

This may be of interest to some - the latest (well, the latest available in the US) issue of Linux Format magazine, LX217, Nov. 2016, has an article:"Grub: Boot ISO's from USB" - describes how to put multiple ISO's on a single USB stick. I haven't had time to read the article yet, but there is a lot of command line stuff in there. I would think that issue is probablly still available at places like Barnes and Noble.

[austin.texas]

This may be of interest to some - the latest (well, the latest available in the US) issue of Linux Format magazine, LX217, Nov. 2016, has an article:"Grub: Boot ISO's from USB" - describes how to put multiple ISO's on a single USB stick. I haven't had time to read the article yet, but there is a lot of command line stuff in there. I would think that issue is probablly still available at places like Barnes and Noble.

I wrote a tutorial on how to do that, a couple of years ago.
https://community.linuxmint.com/tutorial/view/1846

It can get complicated. MultiSystem is easier.

[markfilipak]

Lots of errors, Austin

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#!/bin/bash
apt-add-repository 'deb http://liveusb.info/multisystem/depot all main'
wget -q -O - http://liveusb.info/multisystem/depot/multisystem.asc | sudo apt-key add -
apt-get update
apt-get install multisystem

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mark-Lenovo-V570 mark # ./install_multisystem.bash
No protocol specified
/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/gtk-2.0/gtk/__init__.py:57: GtkWarning: could not open display
  warnings.warn(str(e), _gtk.Warning)
OK
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Ign:6 http://liveusb.info/multisystem/depot all InRelease                                                               
Get:7 http://liveusb.info/multisystem/depot all Release [4,637 B]                                                       
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Reading package lists... Done
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W: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg libhal1-flash libunshield0 unshield xplayer-plugins-extra
Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them.
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mark-Lenovo-V570 mark # 

[markfilipak]

I took the 'sudo' off of the end of the pipe -- didn't see it before. Ran it. Same result.

PS: Correction. Similar result -- all the 'Failed to fetch' statements at the end are the same.

[markfilipak]

... You can erase the boot area (including the partition table) by zeroing out the first 1MB of the drive, so that you have a fresh start.

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sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdb bs=1M count=10

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mark-Lenovo-V570 mark # dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdb bs=1M count=10
10+0 records in
10+0 records out
10485760 bytes (10 MB, 10 MiB) copied, 0.0121764 s, 861 MB/s
mark-Lenovo-V570 mark # 

That will destroy the partition table, as I mentioned. Gparted is the easiest way to create a new one - in spite of the fact that you are reticent to use Gparted... This is a flash drive anyway, not your hard drive.
Open GParted and locate the USB drive using the drop-down menu at the top right.
Unmount the USB drive - right click > Unmount

It was no longer mounted !?!?!?!?!?!?!

Create a new partition table: Device menu > Create Partition Table > msdos > APPLY

I immediately got this from 'gparted'

Partition(s) 1 on /dev/sdb have been written, but we have been unable to inform the kernel of the change, probably because it/they are in use. As a result, the old partition(s) will remain in use. You should reboot now before making further changes.

[markfilipak]

I rebooted, lauched 'gparted', and created the 'msdos' partition table, this time without complaint.

Now what? How can I finish getting MultiSystem?

[austin.texas]

You posted that you ran sudo apt-get install multisystem
Is it not in your Menu under Accessories?
If not, post the result of

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apt-cache policy multisystem

[markfilipak]

You posted that you ran sudo apt-get install multisystem
Is it not in your Menu under Accessories?
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apt-cache policy multisystem

Hi Austin. Still up, eh?

I successfully installed 'multisystem' after I changed 'Software Sources' in 'Mint Update'. I figured that out all by myself! I'm learning (my head is expanding by the minute ).

Then I discovered I had to manually format the USB stick. I used 'mintstick' to format it fat32 file system. I just ran 'multisystem' and got this: "Erreur: MultiSystem n'accepte pas les espaces dans les label de disques." I'm pretty sure that says that spaces in the volume label is not acceptable -- it turns out that 'mintstick' automatically labeled the USB stick "USB Stick". I'm currently trying to figure this out:

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mark-Lenovo-V570 mark # mlabel /dev/sdb1
Mtools version 4.0.18, dated January 9th, 2013
Usage: mlabel [-vscVn] [-N serial] drive:
mark-Lenovo-V570 mark # 

I looked at the man page and it doesn't say what option '-vscVn' means.

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mlabel(1)                   General Commands Manual                  mlabel(1)

Name
       mlabel - make an MSDOS volume label

Note of warning
       This  manpage  has  been  automatically generated from mtools's texinfo
       documentation, and may not be entirely accurate or complete.   See  the
       end of this man page for details.

Description
       The mlabel command adds a volume label to a disk. Its syntax is:
       mlabel [-vcsn] [-N serial] drive:[new_label]

       Mlabel  displays  the current volume label, if present. If new_label is
       not given, and if neither the c nor the s options are set,  it  prompts
       the  user  for a new volume label.  To delete an existing volume label,
       press return at the prompt.

       The label is limited to 11 single-byte characters, e.g. Name1234567.

       Reasonable care is taken to create a valid MS-DOS volume label.  If  an
       invalid  label is specified, mlabel changes the label (and displays the
       new label if the verbose mode is set). Mlabel returns 0 on success or 1
       on failure.

       Mlabel supports the following options:

       c      Clears an existing label, without prompting the user

       s      Shows the existing label, without prompting the user.

       n      Assigns a new (random) serial number to the disk

       N serial
              Sets  the  supplied  serial  number. The serial number should be
              supplied as an 8 digit hexadecimal number, without spaces

Do you have any ideas? -- I assume that 'drive:' should be 'drive:USB_Stick', but I don't really know that, either. I'd try 'mlabel /dev/sdb1 drive:USB_Stick' but I'm a bit gun shy after so much struggle -- I don't want to screw up and trash my embedded hard disk.

[markfilipak]

I've tried these

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mark-Lenovo-V570 mark # mlabel -s /dev/sdb1
Mtools version 4.0.18, dated January 9th, 2013
Usage: mlabel [-vscVn] [-N serial] drive:
mark-Lenovo-V570 mark # mlabel -s drive:/dev/sdb1
Mtools version 4.0.18, dated January 9th, 2013
Usage: mlabel [-vscVn] [-N serial] drive:
mark-Lenovo-V570 mark # mlabel -s /dev/sdb1
Mtools version 4.0.18, dated January 9th, 2013
Usage: mlabel [-vscVn] [-N serial] drive:
mark-Lenovo-V570 mark # mlabel /dev/sdb1 -s
Mtools version 4.0.18, dated January 9th, 2013
Usage: mlabel [-vscVn] [-N serial] drive:
mark-Lenovo-V570 mark # mlabel /dev/sdb1
Mtools version 4.0.18, dated January 9th, 2013
Usage: mlabel [-vscVn] [-N serial] drive:
mark-Lenovo-V570 mark # 

I don't know how to run 'mlabel'. I tried '-s' because it's probably non-destructive.

[austin.texas]

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sudo tune2fs -L multisystem /dev/sdb1

Then, to check it:

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lsblk -f

[markfilipak]

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sudo tune2fs -L multisystem /dev/sdb1

Then, to check it:

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lsblk -f

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mark-Lenovo-V570 mark # tune2fs -L multisystem /dev/sdb1
tune2fs 1.42.13 (17-May-2015)
tune2fs: Bad magic number in super-block while trying to open /dev/sdb1
Couldn't find valid filesystem superblock.
mark-Lenovo-V570 mark # 

This is quite the all-day sucker, eh?

[austin.texas]

What is the result of

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lsblk -f

[markfilipak]

What is the result of

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lsblk -f

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mark-Lenovo-V570 mark # lsblk -f
NAME                FSTYPE      LABEL     UUID                                   MOUNTPOINT
sda                                                                              
├─sda1              vfat                  28C3-6073                              /boot/efi
├─sda2              ext2                  0d0ef13c-228d-4fcb-a65a-a6c7f3d50924   /boot
└─sda3              LVM2_member           pPm7IY-YCw2-YR0j-Qisa-kR1D-PonV-IW3Wdp 
  ├─mint--vg-root   ext4                  bbc20518-3767-4011-9b5b-5eaf72fc426e   /
  └─mint--vg-swap_1 swap                  08536d11-38b9-46db-8f76-c0bd95cf05a6   [SWAP]
sdb                                                                              
└─sdb1              vfat        USB Stick 829D-8363                              /media/mark/USB Stick
sr0                                                                              
mark-Lenovo-V570 mark # 

I couldn't discover the way to run 'mlabel' (see above 'viewtopic.php?f=46&t=233094&p=1238612#p1238600' & 'viewtopic.php?f=46&t=233094&p=1238612#p1238603').

[austin.texas]

You were right in using mtools.
First, run this command:

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sudo echo mtools_skip_check=1 >> ~/.mtoolsrc

Then:

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sudo mlabel -i /dev/sdb1 ::multisystem

Then post the result of

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lsblk -f

[markfilipak]

I discovered I could change the USB stick's label with 'gparted', so I did. 'multisystem' then ran, I selected the Mint 18 ISO and set the application off (can't remember what the button said), a terminal-style window opened (sudo), I put in my password and something about missing operand flashed and it closed.

This is all too much. I'm giving up. Sorry to take up so much of your time, Austin. Thanks, and best wishes to you, but I just can't take it any more.