USB-Imager 2.1.0

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	© 2021-2022 by Secu-Design®

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1. Features

• Very fast writing by using linux system call sendfile() and large write buffers
• Writing an image to multiple USB sticks at once
• Optional validation after writing
• Adjustable write buffer between 4 KiB and 8 MiB
• Automatic device detection
• Detection and elimination of the following states of a device before writing:
  • Mounted
• Writing support for hybrid ISOs by checking the MBR signature
• Shows stats about writing time and overall speed

Planned:

• Deactivation of LVM2 volumes before writing
• Multilanguage support
• Distribution package support (DEB, RPM, Arch-Linux PKG)
• Redesign with own dark/light theme

2. Installation

• pip / pipenv:

  If the distribution's own package manager is not supported yet, the USB-Imager can alternatively be installed via the Python package manager pip.

  $ pip install usb-imager
  $ pip uninstall usb-imager
  

  or pipenv:

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

3. Usage

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

4. Troubleshooting:

On some Linux distributions USB-Imager cannot be started from the command line or from a desktop icon after installation via pip.

• Suggested solution for command line::

  ~/.local/bin may not be included in the executable search path due to a bug, you have to manually add the directory to the PATH environment variable by adding it to ~/.profile in this case.

  $ PATH=~/.local/bin:$PATH
  

5. Support

If you want to report a bug or request a feature, you can do so here. You can also write an email to Skynet-Devel.

6. Acknowledgements

Thanks to:

• My loved ones for their almost infinite patience.

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Changelog:

Version 2.1.0

• UI redesign
• 'Lock crypted device if unlocked' temporarily removed
• Added stats about writing time and overall speed
• Added optional validation after writing
• Added simultaneous writing of an image to multiple USB sticks
• Changed adjustable write buffer between 4 KiB and 8 MiB
• Many code improvements and bug fixes

Version 2.0.1

• Code improvements

Version 2.0.0

• Remove usb-imager-git from Arch-Linux AUR repository
• python min version >= 3.9
• Replace PySide2 with PySide6
• Code improvements and bug fixes

Version 1.1

• usb-imager-git is now available in the Arch-Linux AUR repository
• Writing buffer values changed
• Improve error detection and error messages in case of missing dependencies
• Code improvements and minor bug fixes

Version 1.0

• Initial version