On Aug 25, 2019, at 8:26 AM, Rhialto <rhia...@falu.nl> wrote: >> | I _can't imagine_ how many stupid things I just did, but could >> | someone please tell me how to get that install image onto the >> | flash drive in a form that will boot? >> >> You cannot. "That" image is in ISO format, which have a booting >> method unique in the universe. You need an image set up for booting >> from a memory stick, which is much more similar to a regular drive >> than a CD (ISO format). > > *Some* BIOSes allow booting USB sticks even if they contain ISO images. > I'm certain I've done it a few times with Ubuntu images. But last time I > tried it with a NetBSD ISO image, it failed. (But I'm not sure if I > actually tried it on the same computer for instance, or if maybe the > Ubuntu images contain something special to make this possible). > > -Olaf. > -- > Olaf 'Rhialto' Seibert -- rhialto at falu dot nl > ___ Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on > \X/ no account be allowed to do the job. --Douglas Adams, "THGTTG"
Are you talking about an .iso image on a FAT filesystem or what programs like Rufus (Windows) or Etcher (MacOS) do, which is taking an iso image and writing it to a USB drive. I always assumed that there was some conversion involved, but I could be wrong. Rufus also talks about “hybrid” iso images which have a partition table, apparently.
