PoSHMagiC0de Posted February 27, 2018 Share Posted February 27, 2018 So, this is a never ending adventure for me. Using dd in many different ways and the built in usb image writer in the Ubuntu like OSes I have tried to make bootable USBs from bootable ISO images. I would have to say it is hit and miss. The three methods I have tried are: 1) DD the whole disk with the image (/dev/sdb) 2) Create a partition on the USB stick and dding in there (/dev/sdb1) 3) Using the USB Stick reformatter and then USB image writer. Oh, I have also ran sync at the end of each to make sure the USB is synced before safely ejecting it. One of three above usually works but I have ran across some that do not work at all with the above methods. What I do know is if I jump on a Windows system and use Rufus portable it will always work. I mean it has never failed me. if the ISO is bootable, it will be bootable on the USB...always. Question, is there a 100% proven way to write a bootable ISO to a USB stick with Linux and have it be bootable? A good example of an ISO to try is Hiren's. That ISO would not bootup until I used Rufus to do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave-ee Jones Posted February 28, 2018 Share Posted February 28, 2018 Strange, I would've thought that Linux would be able to do something as "simple" as that. I just use YUMI or Rufus. I would just knock it out with a Google-y afternoon. Research and try everything :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rkiver Posted February 28, 2018 Share Posted February 28, 2018 Etcher works pretty well too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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