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Yes, I shouild have read the whole post before hitting the reply
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 11/06/2015 11:15 AM, Antonio Gurgel
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<div><b>Patrick</b>, if you had read the OP, you'd find
that he had already tried unetbootin.<br>
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<b>Chick</b>, the best tool I've used so far is,
infuriatingly, a Windows-only one: YUMI. It runs
portably, so you could use it on a library computer or
somesuch (depending on your willingness to use Windows
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You have two Linux-only options, from what I see on
ArchWiki:<br>
1 Use GNOME: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/USB_flash_installation_media#Using_GNOME_Disk_Utility">https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/USB_flash_installation_media#Using_GNOME_Disk_Utility</a><br>
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2 Manually hack at it with GRUB: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Multiboot_USB_drive#Using_GRUB_and_loopback_devices">https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Multiboot_USB_drive#Using_GRUB_and_loopback_devices</a><br>
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Hope that helps.<br>
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<div dir="ltr">On Fri, Nov 6, 2015 at 8:27 AM
Patrick Goupell <<a
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#ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Use UNetbootin
from <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://unetbootin.github.io/"
rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://unetbootin.github.io/</a>
to create a bootable<br>
usb stick.<br>
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It should make the job nice and easy for
you.<br>
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On 11/05/2015 09:47 PM, Chick Tower wrote:<br>
> I wanted to upgrade a disto on my IBM
ThinkPad T41, but it appears<br>
> that the CD/DVD drive no longer works.
I tried setting up grub2 to<br>
> boot the .iso file for the
live/installation CD, but that hasn't<br>
> worked yet. Then I thought I'd make a
bootable USB stick, using an 8GB<br>
> one that I don't use much and is still
pretty new. However, that's not<br>
> going well, either. Even when I select
during boot to boot the USB<br>
> drive, nothing happens for a while and
then the normal grub2 menu pops<br>
> up. Has anyone had much success
creating a bootable USB stick?<br>
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> I tried using dd to copy the .iso file
to the stick, but that doesn't<br>
> work. I tried unetbootin on Manjaro
Linux, but that doesn't work. I<br>
> consulted the Arch wiki and found this
page<br>
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> <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/USB_flash_installation_media"
rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/USB_flash_installation_media</a><br>
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> It says unetbootin doesn't work, but
it's directions on editing the<br>
> incorrect file don't help me because
mine doesn't look anything like<br>
> the example on that page.<br>
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> I haven't tried the method of copying
the files from the mounted .iso<br>
> to the mounted USB stick, but it might
be the one that works. Now I<br>
> think I'll just mount the hard drive in
my ThinkPad T42 and install it<br>
> there before returning the hard drive
to the T41.<br>
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> Does anyone have any advice for
creating a bootable USB? Is it<br>
> possible to create one using a distro
that is not related in any way<br>
> to the one in the .iso file? I don't
want to use Win7 to do this, so<br>
> please don't suggest that unless it's
the only way.<br>
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