Help creating bootable USB
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Help creating bootable USB
Any advice on the best way to create a bootable USB with an iso image? For example, I'm able to get Bork working using Unetbootin, but not Hipster or HipsterPlus. Thanks in advance, and apologies for the noobie questions!
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Re: Help creating bootable USB
Well, the easiest method, if you are already in Linux, is:
1) plug in the USB drive
2a) open a terminal, enter and you see the device information usually at the bottom, for example it shows
2b) alternatively, enter and it shows you the device name of the USB drive
3) if it shows, like in my example, something like "sdb" this is the device to write to
4)
We write to the device (/dev/sdb), not to the partition (/dev/sdb1)!
If you are in Windows, check LinuxLive to create a USB stick. http://www.linuxliveusb.com/
unetbootin is hit and miss, so we really recommend the 'dd' method. Of course, enter the CORRECT device, not that you accidentally wipe your hard drive.
1) plug in the USB drive
2a) open a terminal, enter
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dmesgCode: Select all
[ 4123.129503] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk
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sudo fdisk -lCode: Select all
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Partition table entries are not in disk order.
Disk /dev/sdb: 15 GiB, 16039018496 bytes, 31326208 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: dos
Disk identifier: 0x771afa13
Device Boot Start End Sectors Size Id Type
/dev/sdb1 * 0 1163263 1163264 568M 17 Hidden HPFS/NTFS
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sudo dd if=name_of_the.iso of=/dev/sdb bs=1M && syncIf you are in Windows, check LinuxLive to create a USB stick. http://www.linuxliveusb.com/
unetbootin is hit and miss, so we really recommend the 'dd' method. Of course, enter the CORRECT device, not that you accidentally wipe your hard drive.
..gnutella..
Re: Help creating bootable USB
and of course, if you are not on Linux, you can also burn to cd, run a live session and 'dd' from there :)
(also see dd on the wiki)
(also see dd on the wiki)
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Re: Help creating bootable USB
If Borks works and Hipster* don' t work: can you post a boot message or boot error? Is it really a problem with the linux-version oder the iso-build? I tested also Hipster* but then i switched to Chicken Wings. Perhaps it works. The wm JWM is very smal and if you only want a textbased system you can delete JWM, X11 and reroast it.