The "live" boot Linux ISOs mount a *RAMDISK* -- the "writable" disk is not the CD/DVD-ROM (or flash drive).
At Wed, 7 Oct 2026 13:41:32 -0000 (UTC) CGS <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 2026-10-07, Robert Heller <[email protected]> wrote: > > The ISO-9660 file system was originally intended for CD-ROMs (note "ROM": > > Read > > Only Media). It is was designed as a writable file system. I have no idea > > what > > Unetbootin is doing, but it obviously NOT directly copying the ISO-9660 disk > > image to the flash drive. > > > > There is no reason to make the ISO boot image itself writable. If you want > > to > > create a self-contained bootable Linux system on a flash drive and use it > > as a > > rwad/write Linux system, that is something else. > > Aren't there bootable ISOs that have a writable part (certain "live" > systems)? Maybe they're not ISO-9660. > > > -- Robert Heller -- Cell: 413-658-7953 GV: 978-633-5364 Deepwoods Software -- Custom Software Services http://www.deepsoft.com/ -- Linux Administration Services [email protected] -- Webhosting Services
