On 26 June 2012 14:36, Simon P Smith <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 26/06/2012 14:30, John Carlyle-Clarke wrote: > >> I think the "Startup Disk Creator" programs may do more than this for > >> you, so probably best off sticking to their output. > >> ... > > Agreed. I think some ISOs can be dd's directly to a memory stick, but > > I've never really investigate the why and how of it... > > On the usb stick you need an MBR in the first 464 bytes followed by a > partition table (up to 512). > > Better off using a tool to do this. > A current thread on the Mint forum (*) implies that a dd will do in their particular case: <<Mint 13 comes as hybrid ISOs, which means that you can just apply a direct "bit-by-bit" copy mechanism (using "dd" in the terminal is the normal route) if you have a working Linux system. Like you, I found that the usually very reliable unetbootin didn't work properly in this case. A typical command would be: sudo dd if=<pathway to ISO> of=<pathway to USB stick> bs=4M >> but I don't know what constitutes a 'hybrid' ISO (nor do I really want/need to). After getting the same negative results with a new 16GB SanDisk key, with both the 'dd' and the 'USB Disk Creator' (**) methods, I ducked the issue and just burned the image to a DVD-R I'm afraid. (*) - http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=105955 (**) - since there are USB Disks that are actually disks that spin, I do think this is an unfortunate choice of terminology. thanks all, -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday 2012-06-12 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread on mailing list: mailto:[email protected] How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
