- Code:
isohybrid 'snapshot-20120108_1042.iso'
dd if='snapshot-20120108_1042.iso' of='/dev/sdX'
works fine here, the stick boots to Refracta system.
More verbose with progress bar:
- Code:
isohybrid -v 'snapshot-20120108_1042.iso'
dd 'if=snapshot-20120108_1042.iso' | pv -fprt -s 700m | dd of='/dev/sdX'
Observations:
The (installed) system sees the stick as a cdrom and mounts it in /media/cdrom
Gparted sees the entire medium as "unallocated space" Therefore it seems impossible to use the stick for anything other than one iso (can't do persist, save data, edit menus) Presumably any attempt to make a partition will trash the isohbrid function as it will write a new partition table. A bit unfortunate, for a 16GB device! But that is (presumably, I never used it before) the nature of isohybrid.
Any method of live usb gives excellent performance speed compared to a CD
Need to watch out, using dd, best not be root and do
- Code:
dmesg|tail
just after plugging the stick to be sure of what /dev/sdX actually is