orange Posted January 13, 2007 Share Posted January 13, 2007 There are rumors circulating on other U3 sites that an ISO larger than 6 mb will brick the thumb drive. Has anyone tried a large ISO with success? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kz26 Posted January 14, 2007 Share Posted January 14, 2007 Hell, go ahead and try it if you want. But don't say nobody warned you... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deveant Posted January 14, 2007 Share Posted January 14, 2007 ive got a 800meg Archive sitting on mine atm, not quite an ISO but i dont see y it would matter, unless they mean to load it into the boot sector. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DLSS Posted January 14, 2007 Share Posted January 14, 2007 ive got a 800meg Archive sitting on mine atm, not quite an ISO but i dont see y it would matter, unless they mean to load it into the boot sector.yeah thats what he means ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deveant Posted January 14, 2007 Share Posted January 14, 2007 lol okay that now makes more sence in the practicality of bricking the U3 :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Twilight Zone Posted January 14, 2007 Share Posted January 14, 2007 I tried on non U3 ISO BartPe , BackTrack and Auditor, each one is about 650 Mb , no problems , booting from usb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orange Posted January 14, 2007 Author Share Posted January 14, 2007 I tried on non U3 ISO BartPe , BackTrack and Auditor, each one is about 650 Mb , no problems , booting from usb. you mean that you made a non-U3 a U3 and then loaded a large U3? if so, thats an answer. I have noticed that the boot partition is almost exactly the size of the ISO, which would suggest that there isn't a predetermined partition size. (example, the dummy ISO is very small, almost zero) So there shouldn't be any reason that it wont work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Twilight Zone Posted January 14, 2007 Share Posted January 14, 2007 http://www.irongeek.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orange Posted January 14, 2007 Author Share Posted January 14, 2007 so is that a yes? you did use a U3 setup to load a large ISO? Is that a no? A search of the page that you posted does not reveal any information regarding U3. Maybe I am missing something... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deveant Posted January 14, 2007 Share Posted January 14, 2007 okay mabye that link is missing somethink? anyway my Boot Sector is now Age Of Empires III Disk 1, sitting at 683Meg, and boots fine. Edit: And yes to: you mean that you made a non-U3 a U3 and then loaded a large U3? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Twilight Zone Posted January 14, 2007 Share Posted January 14, 2007 I have non U3 flash drives ..On that site you have several ways to make hacks with ISO and booting and Linux platforms , for both (U3 and non U3) USB drives.Just do better research like I did one or two month before...I dont have time now to search again all relevated links on that page. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orange Posted January 19, 2007 Author Share Posted January 19, 2007 it works fine for all those who want to know. Additionally I loaded AND installed a windows XP iso while booting from u3 as a CD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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