how chatGPT made the same mistake a non tech-savvie open source user would make

 

 MY QUESTION

tell me how I can use https://github.com/FreeBSD-Starter-Kit/imagewriter on GhostBSD

 

chatGPT wrong answer : 

The FreeBSD Starter Kit Imagewriter is a tool for writing disk images to USB drives, and it can be used on GhostBSD just like any other FreeBSD-based operating system.

Here are the steps to use Imagewriter on GhostBSD:

1. Install Imagewriter from the command line by running the following command:

   QYE
   

sudo pkg install imagewriter

Insert the USB drive you want to write the disk image to.

Launch Imagewriter by running the following command:

3. sudo imagewriter
   

4. In the Imagewriter window, select the disk image you want to write to the USB drive by clicking on the "Select image" button.

5. Select the USB drive you want to write the disk image to by clicking on the "Select target" button.

6. Check the "Safety check" option to prevent accidental data loss.

7. Click on the "Write" button to start the disk image writing process.

8. Wait for the process to complete, and then safely eject the USB drive from your system.

That's it! You've successfully used Imagewriter to write a disk image to a USB drive on GhostBSD.

 

 my telling him that his answer was wrong :

I'm afraid you've got it all wrong: read what github says: 

 

Setup 

git clone https://github.com/FreeBSD-Starter-Kit/imagewriter 

cd imagewriter 

chmod a+x imagewrite.py 

 

 Usage

 

 python ./imagewriter.py

 

chatGPT uses the information I suggested from github and corrects itself:

 

I apologize for my mistake. You are correct that the usage instructions for Imagewriter on GhostBSD are different from what I initially suggested.

Here are the corrected steps to use Imagewriter on GhostBSD:

1. Open a terminal window.

2. Clone the Imagewriter repository from GitHub by running the following command:

   bash

git clone https://github.com/FreeBSD-Starter-Kit/imagewriter.git

Change to the cloned directory by running the following command:

bash

cd imagewriter

Make the Imagewriter script executable by running the following command:

bash

chmod a+x imagewriter.py

Launch Imagewriter by running the following command:

bash

5. python ./imagewriter.py
   

6. In the Imagewriter window, select the disk image you want to write to the USB drive by clicking on the "Select image" button.

7. Select the USB drive you want to write the disk image to by clicking on the "Select target" button.

8. Check the "Safety check" option to prevent accidental data loss.

9. Click on the "Write" button to start the disk image writing process.

10. Wait for the process to complete, and then safely eject the USB drive from your system.

I hope this helps! Let me know if you have any further questions.

how install openSUSE studio imagewriter on elementary OS

 openSUSE studio imagewriter 

is a fantastic

GUI utility for writing raw disk images & hybrid ISOs to USB keys

(in plain English: you can make live memory sticks with it)

 

 

 https://github.com/openSUSE/imagewriter 

1. to download the code, you can find the imagewriter repository in the hyperlink above,  

2. click on the green 'Code' button -> Download zip. 

3. Extract the archive and

4.  open a Terminal window

inside the new folder, where you have extracted it. 

5. Run the following commands one by one:

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install qt5-default
qmake DEFINES=USEHAL imagewriter.pro
qmake DEFINES=USEUDISKS2 imagewriter.pro
make
sudo make install

 Vlad from the elementary OS forum gave me these very clear instructions.