Can I reassemble these Linux OS files back into an .iso image?

henm2

Because I was being lazy and liked having a nice disc with the LXLE artwork on it. Will be using it for sorting out lots of PCs/Laptops particularly those which have still got XP on them.

Mr_Toad

henm2 wrote: »

Because I was being lazy and liked having a nice disc with the LXLE artwork on it. Will be using it for sorting out lots of PCs/Laptops particularly those which have still got XP on them.

Thanks, I just wondered and I can understand lazy :rotfl:

Kernel_Sanders

OK I've only just got round to trying this out but can't even format my USB! In XP it was so easy, offered as an option in 'my computer' and I think it was on the right-click menu too. Well, the right-click option doesn't seem to work on the library PCs so I've tried to do it on Ubuntu (12.04) at home; where is this facility, and where are all the apps, such as gparted? These were so easy to find on a tiny distro like SliTaz.
I've got stuck on step I.3 here and I've no idea if I should replace the x with a or c:

tavernman

/dev/sdc is your USB , it is 8Gb and already has a Fat32 partition on it /dev/sdc1. So to answer your question change the x to c DO not USE a that is your 160GB main disk

Mr_Toad

Or if you prefer the graphical interface:

Applications > Disks then choose your device on the left.

henm2

The Formatting and setting up of new partitions is done easily using Gparted which is graphical rather than command line driven. See this short guide http://www.wikihow.com/Use-Gparted
or this big comprehensive one http://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/gparted.html
Most live distros such as Linux Mint, LXLE, Puppy Linux include Gparted.

Kernel_Sanders

An excellent response; you Linux types get up early on a Sunday!

Mr_Toad wrote: »

Or if you prefer the graphical interface:
Applications > Disks then choose your device on the left.

Did you mean choose the USB icon from the vertical list on the left of the screen? That just shows the empty USB stick when opened, with nothing on the top bar leading to apps such as gparted. Why is there no bar at the bottom with dropdown/up lists like on smaller Linux distros?

Mr_Toad

Kernel_Sanders wrote: »

An excellent response; you Linux types get up early on a Sunday!
Did you mean choose the USB icon from the vertical list on the left of the screen? That just shows the empty USB stick when opened, with nothing on the top bar leading to apps such as gparted. Why is there no bar at the bottom with dropdown/up lists like on smaller Linux distros?

When I put a memory stick in mine, start disks and select it on the left side it shows the info under Volumes, on the right.

There is also a number of options there, a small square to unmount it, a dash (-) to delete the partition and a more actions button with a couple of gears on.

Click on the gears button and you should see a list including Format, at the top, Edit, Create, Restore etc.

Alternatively there are also three buttons at the top right, a power button, an eject button and a more actions button with a gear icon, this is the same as the button mentioned above.

Thinking about it I think once selected if you press Ctrl + F that will also let you format it.

Kernel_Sanders

tavernman wrote: »

/dev/sdc is your USB , it is 8Gb and already has a Fat32 partition on it /dev/sdc1.

Does that mean I don't need to format it? (Sorry, I'm clueless :huh:)

Mr_Toad wrote: »

When I put a memory stick in mine, start disks and select it on the left side it shows the info under Volumes, on the right.

Start disks? Sorry, you're going to have to cut down on the Linuxspeak! As you can see, no 'volumes' on the right. I'm still using Ubuntu 12.04.

Mr_Toad

Kernel_Sanders wrote: »

Do es that mean I don't need to format it? (Sorry, I'm clueless :huh:)

Start disks? Sorry, you're going to have to cut down on the Linuxspeak! As you can see, no 'volumes' on the right. I'm still using Ubuntu 12.04.

Apologies, I've spent my whole working life programming and administering Unix based systems and forget myself.

Have a look at this YouTube video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1p47CLgRd6Y

The screen I'm talking about is shown at 49 seconds and if you look in the top right corner of the Disk Utility window you can see two buttons, the eject/unmount, triangle over a bar and the Actions, the two gears.

Hopefully the video will explain it a lot better than I can.

There are no stupid questions, only stupid answers. ::o