[GLLUG] Bootable USB Stick

[Patrick Goupell]

Yes, I shouild have read the whole post before hitting the reply button.



On 11/06/2015 11:15 AM, Antonio Gurgel wrote:
> *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 <mailto: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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