I recently did this successfully, albeit from a windows machine. I used Linux Live USB creator (http://www.linuxliveusb.com/), pointed it to the iso, and it made the USB stick bootable w/ the CD image. It doesn't just copy files.
You should be able to use Unetbootin from the linux command line to do the same thing. (http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/) Stephen On Tue, May 15, 2012 at 4:12 PM, dave <dengv...@charter.net> wrote: > Hi, > Google is sometimes not my friend. Grump for an older guy. ;-) > > The idea is to install a linux from a live cd to at usb so I can get it > on a D510MO. Since this board has no ide the route I think makes sense > is: > Download live iso from .ro site (done) > Transfer iso to bootable usb. > Boot from usb and install on a SATA drive. > > The usb is a 4G Lexar. Fdisk doesn't like it. I have managed to drag > and drop at least most of the CD to the usb but that certainly doesn't > make it bootable. > > There must be a reasonable way to do this from the command line. > > Here is the first stumbling block. > > dave@dsk:~$ cd /media > dave@dsk:/media$ chmod 0777 -v -R -f Lexar > mode of `Lexar' changed to 0777 (rwxrwxrwx) > dave@dsk:/media$ fdisk /media/Lexar > last_lba(): I don't know how to handle files with mode 40700 > You will not be able to write the partition table. > > cfdisk simply reports "no write perms". > > TIA > > Dave > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Live Security Virtual Conference > Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and > threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions > will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware > threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
