[GLLUG] Bootable USB Stick

[Antonio Gurgel]

*Patrick*, if you had read the OP, you'd find that he had already tried
unetbootin.

*Chick*, 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 in any capacity).

You have two Linux-only options, from what I see on ArchWiki:
1 Use GNOME:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/USB_flash_installation_media#Using_GNOME_Disk_Utility
2 Manually hack at it with GRUB:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Multiboot_USB_drive#Using_GRUB_and_loopback_devices

Hope that helps.

A

On Fri, Nov 6, 2015 at 8:27 AM Patrick Goupell <patrick at upmerchants.com>
wrote:

> Use UNetbootin from http://unetbootin.github.io/ to create a bootable
> usb stick.
>
> It should make the job nice and easy for you.
>
>
>
> On 11/05/2015 09:47 PM, Chick Tower wrote:
> > 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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