Using moblin-image-writer

Submitted by Yi Yang, updated on 15 Nov 2009 - 0 comments
Moblin Image Creator 2

moblin-image-write writes a moblin image to a USB disk. It is a safe alternative to dd. dd is really a very dangerous tool.

moblin-image-writer can run in both console mode and GUI mode. It can decide which mode to run, according to current system environment. You can also use a given option to force it to run in some other mode. Run 'moblin-image-writer --help' to get usage information:

Usage: moblin-image-writer [options] [image file]

Options:
  -h, --help     Show this help message and exit
  -c, --console  Run in console mode
  -g, --gui      Run in GUI mod

Here is a run example in console mode:

$ sudo moblin-image-writer moblin-2.2-preview-200911021442.img
Available usb disk:
        [1] /dev/sdc: SanDisk USB Flash Drive
        [2] /dev/sdb: SanDisk U3 Cruzer Micro
Please choice [1..2] ? 2
Source: /mymoblin2/mymoblin2/moblin-2.2-preview-200911021442.img
Target: /dev/sdb
Image size: 559 MB
Estimated time: 55 seconds
Elapsed time: 64, progress: 100% 8944+0 records in
8944+0 records out
586153984 bytes (586 MB) copied, 63.0486 s, 9.3 MB/s

moblin-image-writer can estimate how long it will take to write the given image to your USB disk and reports current writing progress. It automatically unmounts your USB disk, if it is mounted. If your USB can't be unmounted, it will terminate.

If you love UI mode, you can run it in X enviroment. The command is same:

sudo moblin-image-writer moblin-2.2-preview-200911021442.img

Image name is optional.

Moblin Image Writer UI

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