boot.img is missing ... ?!

DirtyAngel

I tried several times to create live USB stick.
Somehow boot.img is missing no matter if it is
gparted, dd or etcher ?

When dd, I tried then :

sudo dd bs=1M if=/path/to/file.iso of=/dev/sdb status=progress oflag=sync

or I tried :

sudo dd bs=1M if=/path/to/file.iso of=/dev/sdb1 status=progress oflag=sync

The live stick is written but not booting.
boot.img is missing or deactivated ?

Download was correct.

DirtyAngel

Sorry, this seems to be off-topic here .. it is namely a bios-specific problem here.

nolan

Hello, I hope this help you.
From: https://help.getsol.us/docs/user/quick-start/installation/#command-line
sudo dd if=Solus-4.4-Budgie.iso of=/dev/sdb bs=4M status=progress oflag=sync && sudo eject /dev/sdb

DirtyAngel

bs=4M is not creating a bootable usb-stick. In Solus gdm then cannot start and in Knoppix it is then "kernel-panic".
I did this with bs=1M and both distros work then as booting usb-sticks :

sudo dd if=Solus-4.4-GNOME.iso of=/dev/sdb bs=1M status=progress oflag=sync && sudo eject /dev/sdb

This thread is solved.