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Re: bootable USB drive creation

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On 10/26/2016 10:35 AM, Matyas A. Sustik wrote:
> I need to boot into a hard drive diagnostic tool which is provided only as
> an ISO image by the manufacturer. Since my laptop does not have a CD drive,
> I hoped I could use a USB flash drive to run this tool from.
> 
> My search turned up resources on this, but it seems the answers were about
> booting a Linux rescue disk or such.
> 
> I tried just to dd the iso to the usb drive (/dev/sdc) but that did not do
> the trick. Was that supposed to work just like that?
> 
> There is unetbootin, but I rather do not install more software until I can
> run the hdd diagnostic. My drive is dying according to smartmon. (Also it
> is only for sid and I am on stable.)

There are two related, complex topics involved:

1.  Bootable media.

2.  Operating systems.


Someone please correct me if I'm wrong, but there is no general method
or tool for converting a bootable CD image with a given operating system
(with applications) into a bootable USB flash image (with the same
operating system and applications).  But, there may be methods and/or
tools for specific operating systems (with applications).


Do you know what operating system the HDD manufacturer diagnostic
bootable CD is based on?  I've seen DR-DOS and FreeDOS variants for
such.  'UNetbootin' looks like it is targeted at Linux.


I suggest:

1.  Ask the manufacturer for a bootable USB flash drive ISO.

2.  In the mean time, buy an external optical drive with an interface
that is supported by your computer (e.g. USB 2 or USB 3), burn the HDD
manufacturer's CD ISO image to CD-R media, and boot that.


Reading between the lines, it sounds like you have only one computer.
The computer hobby is similar to the automotive hobby -- you need at
least two, so that you always have a ride while wrenching on the others.


David

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bootable USB drive creation "Matyas A. Sustik" <msustik@gmail.com> - 2016-10-26 20:00 +0200
  Re: bootable USB drive creation Børge Holen <holen.borge@gmail.com> - 2016-10-26 20:20 +0200
  Re: bootable USB drive creation "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2016-10-26 20:50 +0200
  Re: bootable USB drive creation Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2016-10-26 21:20 +0200
    Re: bootable USB drive creation Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2016-10-26 22:50 +0200
      Re: bootable USB drive creation "Andrew M.A. Cater" <amacater@galactic.demon.co.uk> - 2016-10-26 23:30 +0200
  Re: bootable USB drive creation David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2016-10-27 07:50 +0200

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