technology can only improve the layering for dvd r's so much.

[cryofreeze666]

sooner or later imgburn is going to have to make the jump to removable media.  i've used the program forever and once in a while i run across operating systems that are bigger than 4.7 gb.  i don't like the other image burning programs, because the turn the media into a bootable drive.  even with 3.0 usb it's not an efficient drive, especially for crypto purposes. my profits increased 8%, as a reference on efficiency, from usb stick to m2 drive.  so it would be great if the program wasn't flashed to a thumb drive permanently.  granted debian based o.s's aren't as stupid as windows for size, but some of the crypto o.s.'s are getting close.  if imgburn can burn to a smaller thumb drive i'd accept that, but i haven't seen anything that would teach me how when i've looked.

Edited October 1, 2024 by cryofreeze666

[dbminter]

ImgBurn, pretty much, has always written to optical media for output, save for image files saved to whatever random access memory it is directed to use.  And, now, Windows, etc. installation/recovery/repair media has gotten bigger than DVD DL.  So, it's almost exclusively written to flash drives now.  Although BD can be used for this purpose with a program like Rufus, it is beyond the scope of ImgBurn to do that.  Plus, getting working bootable media for Windows with ImgBurn other than writing an ISO to a disc is something I never got working in the first place.

[elenaqywec]

While ImgBurn can write ISO files to USB, it doesn’t create the same kind of bootable or persistent flash drive setup that tools like Rufus or Ventoy do, and it won’t split a huge image automatically. For crypto or Debian-based OS images bigger than 4.7 GB, the practical approach is usually using a dedicated USB imaging tool that handles large ISOs efficiently without permanently flashing the drive.

 

 

 

[elenaqywec]

20 hours ago, elenaqywec said:

While ImgBurn can write ISO files to USB, it doesn’t create the same kind of bootable or persistent flash drive setup that tools like Rufus or Ventoy do, and it won’t split a huge image automatically. For crypto or Debian-based OS images bigger than 4.7 GB, the practical https://tropical-casino.com/ approach is usually using a dedicated USB imaging tool that handles large ISOs efficiently without permanently flashing the drive.

 

 

 

For big Linux or crypto-focused distros (like Debian-based ones over 4.7 GB), tools like Rufus or Ventoy are the better choice. They understand bootloaders, support UEFI/BIOS properly, and can deal with large filesystems. Ventoy is especially handy since you just copy ISOs onto the USB without re-flashing each time.