Unable to create a bootable usb-stick

[Yoni]

I just downloaded the ISO-File of the KDE-Version of Manjaro at the official website. I don’t succeed produce a bootable usb-stick with Rufus. I can copy the file on the the usb-stick, but Rufus gives me the following note:

“Das ausgewählte Abbild ist vom Typ ISOHybrid aber der Ersteller hat es nicht mit dem ISO/Datei Kopier-Modus kompatibel gemacht. Deswegen wird der DD-Schreibmodus benutzt.”

Rufus does copy the file on the stick, but the stick is not bootable. The same problem happens with Etcher, that is to say I even don’t receive a feedback from Etcher. I never had any problems using Rufus with other copies, i.e. Linux Mint or kubuntu.

It would me nice to get a hint to solve the problem.

[freggel.doe]

[HowTo] Write a Manjaro ISO to an USB stick with dd

Difficulty: ★★☆☆☆ This is a tutorial how to write an ISO file correctly to an USB stick. Download the ISO and the checksum file. First, verify the checksum: sha1sum -c manjaro.iso.sha1 It should print a line which says “OK”. If it’s not okay, it might be a bad download, so download it again. Print out the checksum, we’ll need it later on: sha1sum manjaro.iso dc7427636040e9469861251858aae820c2ae16cc manjaro-kde-20.0.3-200606-linux56.iso Plug in your USB stick. Check the devic…

[eddier]

Do not ‘copy’ the raw .iso file to the USB stick! Let Rufus do its thing.

[Nachlese]

… or:
use yet another program to create a bootable usb stick

ventoy

you install the program
the program is then used to prepare and format the usb

after that is done -
you simply copy the iso file to that usb stick
depending on how much memory it has - how large it is
you can copy multiple different iso’s to it
and then choose which one you want to boot from