Brian Sierakowski Posted July 6, 2009 Share Posted July 6, 2009 So, I've been doing a lot of research on this as I don't really like disk media at all. I'm trying to find a good way to take a bootable ISO and put it or the files on a USB key, and boot from that. I've gone through quite a few guides and I've seen one or two programs, but nothing seems to be all that consistent. I've found a few specific applications that you can install in this way (win7), but the linux rescue CD I made couldn't be coaxed into booting off my flash drive. Does anyone know of a good solution to this problem? Thanks, -B Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taiyed14 Posted July 6, 2009 Share Posted July 6, 2009 So, I've been doing a lot of research on this as I don't really like disk media at all. I'm trying to find a good way to take a bootable ISO and put it or the files on a USB key, and boot from that. I've gone through quite a few guides and I've seen one or two programs, but nothing seems to be all that consistent. I've found a few specific applications that you can install in this way (win7), but the linux rescue CD I made couldn't be coaxed into booting off my flash drive. Does anyone know of a good solution to this problem? Thanks, -B unetbootin http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Sierakowski Posted July 7, 2009 Author Share Posted July 7, 2009 unetbootin http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/ Thanks, I'll have to check this out!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SomethingToChatWith Posted July 7, 2009 Share Posted July 7, 2009 And grub4dos if you wanna multiboot. I've managed to get everything I use on one usb drive. Verry nice instead of having to carry around a case of CDs or mutliple usb drives. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silentknight329 Posted July 7, 2009 Share Posted July 7, 2009 unetbootin http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/ this is such a good program, i use it for when i load my linux distros and mac osx on to my wind Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Sierakowski Posted July 7, 2009 Author Share Posted July 7, 2009 OK, this is very cool, but I'm not sure if I can use it for what I want. I was trying to make a rescue for Macrium Reflect, and it required me to burn a cd from the ISO file, with UNetbootin, could I fake it out by selecting a random distro (or SystemRescueCD), and then use the ISO generated by my program? Basically the position I'm trying to get myself into is that whenever I get an ISO I need to boot from in the future, I want to be able to accomplish that without having to burn a CD. Just like now I don't need to burn an ISO to use it within my OS by mounting it. What does everyone think of that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taiyed14 Posted July 7, 2009 Share Posted July 7, 2009 OK, this is very cool, but I'm not sure if I can use it for what I want. I was trying to make a rescue for Macrium Reflect, and it required me to burn a cd from the ISO file, with UNetbootin, could I fake it out by selecting a random distro (or SystemRescueCD), and then use the ISO generated by my program? Basically the position I'm trying to get myself into is that whenever I get an ISO I need to boot from in the future, I want to be able to accomplish that without having to burn a CD. Just like now I don't need to burn an ISO to use it within my OS by mounting it. What does everyone think of that? unetbootin http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/ that is exactly what this program does. Don't worry about selecting a distro, just select the iso file and the drive you want to put it on. press start. get yourself a 'Mountain Dew Gamer Fuel', reboot and away you go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SomethingToChatWith Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 Go back and look through the hak5 eps if you need assurance. Somewhere they covered unetbootin on the show... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr0p Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 unetbootin http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/ that is exactly what this program does. Don't worry about selecting a distro, just select the iso file and the drive you want to put it on. press start. get yourself a 'Mountain Dew Gamer Fuel', reboot and away you go. This. unetbootin works with any linux ISO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dw5304 Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 u can use ubcd and extract the boot loader from the cd to get u a bootable environment for muliboot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Sierakowski Posted July 8, 2009 Author Share Posted July 8, 2009 UNetbootin worked like a f'in charm, thanks guys! I had two issues, 1) My computer considers my USB key to be a harddrive, and not a form of removable storage, and 2) I had prior used this key to install win7, so I (of course) had to format the key before I loaded the Macrium image. I'll try this is in a bit with the Win7 iso, I somehow doubt that it will work :). Thanks again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Sierakowski Posted July 9, 2009 Author Share Posted July 9, 2009 I'll try this is in a bit with the Win7 iso, I somehow doubt that it will work :). No win7.iso boot with unetbootin :). Have to do this: http://kmwoley.com/blog/?p=345 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SomethingToChatWith Posted July 9, 2009 Share Posted July 9, 2009 Yeah unetbootin's only good for linux installs. It doesnt work for Windows (unless you specify bootmgr as the kernel? - havent tried it)... And I recommend grub4dos over just plain grub. Why? Well, grub4dos supports emulation of some floppy and iso images. I'm not sure if plain grub does that. Don't fiddle around with syslinux cause you can easily make a bootable grub/grub4dos disc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shift Posted July 10, 2009 Share Posted July 10, 2009 Any good ones to make an iso of xp on a flash drive? I have to put xp on my aunts v10 dell that should be arriving soon... (shes scared of linux) lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taiyed14 Posted July 10, 2009 Share Posted July 10, 2009 Any good ones to make an iso of xp on a flash drive? I have to put xp on my aunts v10 dell that should be arriving soon... (shes scared of linux) lol why didnt she buy it with Windows? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shift Posted July 13, 2009 Share Posted July 13, 2009 Actually I bought it for her and it was 80$ cheaper without! So why not just use the key from her old laptop... :) Soo just need to get an image of xp on to a usb drive... or find a usb cdrom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SomethingToChatWith Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 Copy the files from existing XP installation media over to a fat32 formatted flash drive. Use bootsect to make it bootable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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