Re: Migrating DVD ISO image to USB

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--- On Tue, 12/21/10, Robert G. (Doc) Savage <dsavage@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


> The Fedora-14-Live-multi.iso image is
> a DVD image that uses GRUB rather
> than isolinux to boot to a menu of Live CD ISO images. At
> 5.3 GB, it
> will not fit on an ordinary single layer DVD and requires a
> dual-layer
> DVD disc & drive. If it could be written to an 8GB USB
> thumb drive, it
> could be used to boot a system with a CD, an ordinary
> single-layer DVD,
> or no optical drive at all.
> 
> The Fedora livecd-iso-to-disk utility cannot make a
> bootable USB from
> this image because it uses GRUB rather than isolinux like
> live CDs. I
> submitted a RFE to enhance l-i-t-d, but it was declined.
> I've tried
> using dd to copy the ISO image directly to the thumb
> drive:
> 
>         # dd
> if=Fedora-14-Live-multi.iso of=/dev/sdd bs=2048
> 
> but this does not produce a bootable device. Can anyone
> suggest a method
> that will work?

I use UNetbootin.  Although, I've never tried it specifically with Fedora.

   http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/

B
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