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#1 2009-12-01 21:00:16

perbh
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From: Republic of Texas
Registered: 2005-03-04
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iso-to-usb using cli only

How hard can this be? All I want is to make a bootable usb-stick from an iso-image.
And no - I do not want these fancy guis (ala unetbootin) - surely a combination of syslinux and copy from a loop-mounted iso-image should do it ... I just dont seem to manage to put all the threads together. Wherever I go I see all these weird and wonderful guis that supposedly are the best thing since sliced bread ... sorry but I do not want them!

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#2 2009-12-01 21:26:48

deej
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Re: iso-to-usb using cli only

dd if=/path/to/iso of=/dev/<USB Drive>

??

Never tried it myself, but apparently it works.

Deej

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#3 2009-12-01 21:29:33

tomk
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Re: iso-to-usb using cli only

Here are the relevant howtos for SysRescCD and grml - might be helpful.

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#4 2009-12-01 21:42:40

perbh
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Re: iso-to-usb using cli only

@deej,
Been there, done that - no go!
[edit] Not strictly true - eg. mandriva iso's allows you to do that ...

@tomk,
Thank you! I'll digest them a bit more when I get home ...
Especially the one on grml looks promising!

(and yes - I _will_ mark the thread as solved once I have ascertained that it does infact work ...)

*lol* Is there another grml fan around? grml is my all-time favourite (until the 2009.10-version which uses grub2)

Last edited by perbh (2009-12-01 22:05:46)

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#5 2009-12-01 23:08:35

karol
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Re: iso-to-usb using cli only

Not all isos can be used on USB sticks.
http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/13213?project=6

Last edited by karol (2009-12-01 23:10:50)

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#6 2009-12-02 02:59:11

takedown
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Registered: 2008-08-31
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Re: iso-to-usb using cli only

Go here: http://moblin.org/documentation/test-dr … live-image
and look at: Byte-copy the image to a USB drive or burn to CD

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#7 2009-12-02 16:46:05

karol
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Re: iso-to-usb using cli only

@ takedown
That's what dd does, but they use hybrid iso image, Archlinux does not atm (probably the next "release" will).

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#8 2009-12-02 18:35:28

perbh
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From: Republic of Texas
Registered: 2005-03-04
Posts: 765

Re: iso-to-usb using cli only

@karol,
Thanks karol - that link was interesting!
Obviously - there's more to the problem than meets the eye - I really thought it would be a breeze, just a li'l matter of copying files from the iso-image and play around with syslinux a little bit ...

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#9 2009-12-02 18:48:51

karol
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Re: iso-to-usb using cli only

@ perbh
tomk provided excellent links, you can use them. Last time it didn't work for me it was because of the USB-HDD v. USB-ZIP issue (but I didn't fix it and the guy who did said he doesn't remember what magic worked).

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