mkusb version 8 with menus is released

[Nio Wiklund]

Hi Israel,

I received your mail dated 2014-07-27 14:58, now while writing this
mail. I might have solved the bug. Please check it!

I will take a closer look at the other screen dumps too, and try to
improve it to make it more helpful. Do you think I should stop running
that help text once by default? The text you think is for experts only.

-o-

I tested in a desktop computer from 2008 with a card reader and got an
error, which I think is similar or the same as yours. It was caused by
two device scans getting out of sync in 'list-drives'. I made a separate
script for it and tested it out, plus included it into mkusb

Please look at it and my output file, which both are attached to this
mail together with mkusb81 (version 8.1).

If you think it is OK to still list such empty card reader devices, I'll
upload this new point version of mkusb with this bug-fix.

Best regards
Nio

Den 2014-07-27 07:46, Nio Wiklund skrev:
> Hi Israel,
> 
> 
> 1. Please show what is confusing, for example attach a screendump, and
> I'll try to make it less confusing!
> 
> 
> 2. The bug: please show with words, screendumps, and command line output
> 
> - how mkusb sees the space of the USB drive, and how it should be seen!
> 
> - the output of
> 
> sudo parted -l
> sudo fdisk -lu
> sudo blkid
> sudo lsblk
> 
> and this command (should be one line)
> ls -l /dev/disk/by-id| grep [a-z]$|cut -d ' ' -f 10,12|sort -k2|grep -e
> \^a -e \^u|sed 's#../..#/dev#'
> 
> Maybe you can to put the output into an attached file to a reply here or
> in a reply post at
> 
> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1958073
> 
> or upload it somewhere else, whichever method is convenient for you
> 
> 
> Thanks for testing :-)
> 
> Best regards
> Nio
> 
> Den 2014-07-27 00:49, Israel skrev:
>> Hey Nio!
>> First impressions are GREAT!
>> There are 2 issues I found.
>> 1. The menu can be a bit confusing at times (at one point when you list
>> out the detailed info)  and it seems that the data might overwrite sda
>> from a first glance look.  It becomes clear soon.
>>
>> 2.  I have an odd memory card adapter and a USB plugged in.  mkusb
>> thought the reader had the space the USB drive did.  This IS a bug.
>>
>> On 07/26/2014 03:21 AM, Nio Wiklund wrote:
>>> Hi everybody,
>>>
>>>
>>> After some minor edits in the shell-script (after mkusb8-rc) and heavy
>>> edits in the documents I have released
>>>
>>> mkusb version 8
>>>
>>> The intention is that the menus should make it useful for a larger group
>>> of people.
>>>
>>> It is still worthwhile testing mkusb. If you find a bug, it will be
>>> easier for me to fix it now while I still remember what I have been
>>> programming.
>>>
>>> *Quick start manual and mkusb*
>>>
>>> The fastest way to start making USB boot drives with this method is to
>>> download the quick start manual and the shell-script mkusb and check the
>>> md5sums.
>>>
>>> See this link
>>>
>>>  http://phillw.net/isos/linux-tools/mkusb/
>>>
>>> - Download mkusb
>>>
>>> http://phillw.net/isos/linux-tools/mkusb/mkusb
>>>
>>> - View or download the new quick start manual
>>>
>>> http://phillw.net/isos/linux-tools/mkusb/mkUSB-quick-start-manual.pdf
>>>
>>> - View or download the old quick start manual
>>>
>>> http://phillw.net/isos/linux-tools/mkusb/mkUSB-quick-start-manual-74.pdf
>>>
>>> - Check the md5sums
>>>
>>> http://phillw.net/isos/linux-tools/mkusb/md5sum.txt.asc
>>>
>>> -o-
>>>
>>> There is a more detailed description with many screenshots at
>>>
>>> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/mkusb
>>>
>>> You can also read the first post of the Ubuntu Forums Tutorial thread
>>>
>>> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1958073
>>>
>>>
>>> Best regards
>>> Nio
>>>
>>>
>>> Den 2014-07-18 12:14, Nio Wiklund skrev:
>>>> Hi everybody,
>>>>
>>>> I have uploaded a release candidate of the *mkusb* tool to install iso
>>>> files and compressed image files to mass storage devices (typically but
>>>> not only USB drives).
>>>>
>>>> It is only a bash script, and has been running in crude text mode, but
>>>> people want eye candy, so I've made menus with dialog (big brother of
>>>> whiptail), and also improved the identification of devices slightly
>>>> (replaced calling 'parted -ls' with a home-made bash function). It is
>>>> still text mode, so runs in text screens and terminal windows.
>>>>
>>>> To illustrate the crucial part of mkusb, how to help selecting the
>>>> correct device and avoid overwriting other devices, there are pictures
>>>> attached at this link (my tutorial thread in the Ubuntu Forums.)
>>>>
>>>> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1958073&page=3&p=13076377#post13076377
>>>>
>>>> -o-
>>>>
>>>> The file mkusb8-rc is uploaded to Phill's server at
>>>>
>>>> http://phillw.net/isos/linux-tools/mkusb/
>>>>
>>>> Check it with the corresponding signed md5sum file.
>>>>
>>>> Code:
>>>>
>>>> -rwxr-xr-x. 1 nio nio  22877 18 jul 06.46 mkusb8-rc
>>>> -rw-rw-r--. 1 nio nio    581 18 jul 11.27 mkusb8-rc.md5.asc
>>>>
>>>> The quick start manual and the opening post in the tutorial thread are
>>>> still valid, except the illustrations, that will be updated later on
>>>> with screenshots of the menus.
>>>>
>>>> Please give me feedback about this release candidate: help me find bugs
>>>> and suggest improvements!
>>>>
>>>> Best regards
>>>> Nio
>>>>
>>
>>
> 

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