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Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2019 at 9:27 PM
From: "Samuel Sieb" <samuel(a)sieb.net>
To: users(a)lists.fedoraproject.org
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...
> (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.
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