On 06/05/2013 01:56 AM, Arun Khan wrote:
Before the days of hybrid ISOs, unetbootin had it's usefulness.

To my knowledge today, Debian, openSUSE, and the *buntu ISOs are
hybrid i.e. you can simple dd=ISO_file to a pendrive or a hard disk
and it will boot!   No need for unetbootin.

Sort of. If you want persistence or encryption or not want to allot the entire usb key to the distribution but preserve existing data, you still need a specialized tool. Tools also have additional built-in checks which are handy. Many users run dd against the wrong device and end up losing data. Often distros themselves do provide such a tool however and it might be better to use that.

Rahul

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