On Tue, Jun 30, 2015 at 01:07:48AM +0100, Neil Bothwick wrote > On Mon, 29 Jun 2015 14:37:18 +0000 (UTC), Grant Edwards wrote: > > > [1] Despite all steps explained in the blog posts on how to build a > > bootable flash drive based on an ISO image, I've found that for > > everything except systemrescuecd, all I have ever had do is: > > > > dd if=whatever.iso of=/dev/sdd bs=64k > > That's because most distros, and all top quality cover discs, use > hybrid ISO images that avoid the pain associated with the likes > of Unetbootin.
If you run across one that doesn't work, you do ***NOT*** need to screw around with unetbootin. If not already installed... emerge sys-boot/syslinux To convert fubar.iso to USB-bootable format, run the command... isohybrid fubar.iso That's it. No moving files around. dd to your USB key and boot. For documentation on various options like UEFI, etc, check the wiki page at http://www.syslinux.org/wiki/index.php/Isohybrid -- Walter Dnes <waltd...@waltdnes.org> I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications
