[GLLUG] Bootable USB Stick
Chick Tower
c.e.tower at gmail.com
Thu Nov 5 21:47:25 EST 2015
I wanted to upgrade a disto on my IBM ThinkPad T41, but it appears that
the CD/DVD drive no longer works. I tried setting up grub2 to boot the
.iso file for the live/installation CD, but that hasn't worked yet.
Then I thought I'd make a bootable USB stick, using an 8GB one that I
don't use much and is still pretty new. However, that's not going well,
either. Even when I select during boot to boot the USB drive, nothing
happens for a while and then the normal grub2 menu pops up. Has anyone
had much success creating a bootable USB stick?
I tried using dd to copy the .iso file to the stick, but that doesn't
work. I tried unetbootin on Manjaro Linux, but that doesn't work. I
consulted the Arch wiki and found this page
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/USB_flash_installation_media
It says unetbootin doesn't work, but it's directions on editing the
incorrect file don't help me because mine doesn't look anything like the
example on that page.
I haven't tried the method of copying the files from the mounted .iso to
the mounted USB stick, but it might be the one that works. Now I think
I'll just mount the hard drive in my ThinkPad T42 and install it there
before returning the hard drive to the T41.
Does anyone have any advice for creating a bootable USB? Is it possible
to create one using a distro that is not related in any way to the one
in the .iso file? I don't want to use Win7 to do this, so please don't
suggest that unless it's the only way.
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Chick
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