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  • Re: balenaEtcher

    From Hans@21:1/5 to All on Fri Jun 28 22:20:01 2024
    Am Freitag, 28. Juni 2024, 21:55:42 CEST schrieb Aleix Piulachs:
    I’ve been tryed to boot a flash usb with Parrot and balenaEtcher but gives error is there another app for to boot a flash usb but not the rufus app?

    Did you tr using the dd command?

    dd if=/path_to_iso/parrot.iso of=/dev/sdc bs=8192

    or ou can also use dcfldd, which additionally is using file verification.

    Best

    Hans

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  • From Stefan Monnier@21:1/5 to All on Fri Jun 28 22:30:01 2024
    I’ve been tryed to boot a flash usb with Parrot and balenaEtcher but gives error is there another app for to boot a flash usb but not the rufus app?

    Despite some rumors, people here aren't any more clairvoyant than elsewhere.

    So you'll probably get better answers if you provide more details, such
    as the actual errors you see, the specific way you "flashed" the USB
    key, precisely what it is you flashed onto that key, what machine you're
    trying to boot, and/or how exactly you tried to boot with that flashed
    USB key.


    Stefan

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  • From Stefan Monnier@21:1/5 to All on Fri Jun 28 23:20:01 2024
    I’ve been tryed to boot a flash usb of 4Gb with balenaEtcher-1.19.-21-x64.AppImage and Parrot-home-4.4_i386.iso and gives
    me the Error:(0, h.requestMetadata) is not a function

    Who/what gives you this error? When does it give you this error?

    Have you tried to ask your favorite search engine about
    "Error:(0, h.requestMetadata) is not a function"?


    Stefan

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  • From Andrew M.A. Cater@21:1/5 to Stefan Monnier on Fri Jun 28 23:40:01 2024
    On Fri, Jun 28, 2024 at 04:27:16PM -0400, Stefan Monnier wrote:
    I’ve been tryed to boot a flash usb with Parrot and balenaEtcher but gives
    error is there another app for to boot a flash usb but not the rufus app?

    Despite some rumors, people here aren't any more clairvoyant than elsewhere.

    So you'll probably get better answers if you provide more details, such
    as the actual errors you see, the specific way you "flashed" the USB
    key, precisely what it is you flashed onto that key, what machine you're trying to boot, and/or how exactly you tried to boot with that flashed
    USB key.



    Parrot Security (and therefore ParrotOS) is not Debian, it's based on
    Debian. As such, the answer you get is only best endeavours. I have *no*
    idea how their images work but Debian images can be copied straight to flash. https://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstall

    If you're using Rufus - use dd mode to write the disk image to the USB
    flash disk.

    I'd use the dd command from a Linux box - but that's me, and I'm assuming
    you might be starting from a Windows machine.

    Stefan


    With every good wish, as ever,

    Andy Cater
    (amacater@debian.org)

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  • From tv.debian@21:1/5 to All on Sun Jun 30 12:10:01 2024
    Le 30/06/2024 à 04:58, Aleix Piulachs a écrit :

    I had problems with parrot4.4_i386.iso and balenaEtcher 1.19.21, but I uninstalled version 1.19.21 and installed balena1.18.11 and fixed it and
    it worked


    Older versions of BalenaEtcher may very well be vulnerable to several
    exploits linked to the underlying Electron toolkit. Also the program
    connects to the Internet during use, which makes it potentially more vulnerable. I do not follow Balena development, but you would be well
    inspired to make sure you are not using a vulnerable older release.

    If Balena causes you problem I can offer my personal experience with
    bootable flash drives: since I discovered Ventoy I never had to mess
    around with dd or Balena or any other tools like that. I have one usb
    flash drive with Ventoy installed on it (a GUI is provided), all the ISO
    I want to test or use simply copied on the drive (the usb drive remains
    usable as storage), and at boot time I can pick whichever I want. Tested
    with Parrot, Debian live, Kali, Clonezilla and many others, and even
    Windows installation media.

    I am not in any way affiliated with Ventoy, just a grateful user.


    https://www.ventoy.net/en/index.html

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