PoSHMagiC0de Posted February 27, 2018 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
Dave-ee Jones Posted February 28, 2018 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
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