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On Mon, 29 Jun 2015 23:15:26 -0400, Walter Dnes wrote: |
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> > That's because most distros, and all top quality cover discs, use |
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> > hybrid ISO images that avoid the pain associated with the likes |
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> > of Unetbootin. |
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> If you run across one that doesn't work, you do ***NOT*** need to |
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> screw around with unetbootin. If not already installed... |
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> emerge sys-boot/syslinux |
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> To convert fubar.iso to USB-bootable format, run the command... |
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> isohybrid fubar.iso |
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> That's it. No moving files around. dd to your USB key and boot. For |
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> documentation on various options like UEFI, etc, check the wiki page at |
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> http://www.syslinux.org/wiki/index.php/Isohybrid |
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That page refers to using isohybrid with isolinux booting images. It's |
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worth noting that if an image uses GRUB to boot, as many UEFI disks do, |
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that hybrid is the default format. |
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