USB-Imager 1.0

GUI-Application to write bootable disk images to USB key.

USB-Imager

USB-Imager is a GUI tool to write bootable disk images to USB key.

License	GPLv3
Copyright	© 2021 by Skynet-Research

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1. Features

• No root privileges required.
• Drives get unmounted and locked (if encrypted) before writing.
• Automatic deactivation of LVM2 volumes before writing
• Writing support for hybrid ISOs by checking the MBR signature.
• Adjustable write buffer -> 1-16 MiB
• Checksum verification after copying
• Multilanguage support

2. Requirements

System:
Python >=3.5, pip, Qt >5, UDisks2

• Debian based linux:

  For *ubuntu open Software & Updates and activate the universe repository or activate it via terminal.

  • Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Xubuntu:

    $ sudo add-apt-repository universe && sudo apt update
    $ sudo apt install qt5-default gir1.2-udisks-2.0 python3-pip
    

• Red Hat based linux:

  • Fedora -> Gnome:

    $ sudo dnf install python3-pyside2
    

• Slackware based linux:

  • openSUSE 15.2 "Leap" -> Gnome:

    $ sudo zypper install python3-pyside2 typelib-1_0-UDisks-2_0
    

3. Installation

USB-Imager can be easily installed/uninstalled using pip.

Please try to install USB-Imager without sudo but sometimes it necessary to do a system-wide installation, because in many distributions the search path $PATH is not configured correctly to find the startup program.

$ pip3 install -U usb-imager
$ pip3 uninstall usb-imager

or pipenv:

$ pipenv install usb-imager
$ pipenv run usb-imager
$ pipenv uninstall usb-imager

4. Usage

Start USB-Imager via the desktop icon or just type usb-imager in your terminal window.

5. Tested linux distributions

• Arch based:

  • Manjaro 20.2.1 "Nibia" -> KDE, Xfce, Gnome

• Debian based:

  • Ubuntu "Bionic Beaver", "Focal Fossa" -> Kylin, Kubuntu, Xubuntu

• Red Hat based:

  • Fedora 33 -> Workstation

• Slackware based:

  • openSUSE 15.2 "Leap" -> Gnome

6. Support

If you want to report a bug or request a feature, you can do so here. You can also write an email to [e-mail].

7. Acknowledgements

Thanks to:

• the programmers at SUSE Linux Products GmbH for their SUSE Studio Imagewriter. It was the inspiration for this little tool.
• Rico for Beta-Testing.
• my loved ones for their almost infinite patience.

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Changelog:

Version 1.0.0

• Initial version