[Bug 765823] Re: Copy Live image to usb disk using DD

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** Description changed:

  Binary package hint: usb-creator
  
-   Last week i try the latest Fedora 15 Alpha, i'm looked in the Fedora
+   Last week i try the latest Fedora 15 Alpha, i'm looked in the Fedora
  site how create a USB Live disk and i'm very surprising that i must
  simple use this command:
  
  $ dd if=path/image_name.iso of=device
  
  So, i downloaded the Live CD image and run DD, boot from USB and i get
  Fedora up and running, simple just like that. So i try use it with
  Ubuntu Live CD image, but it doesn't work.
  
  Will be nice have this working with Ubuntu Live CD images, because can't
  using VirtualMachines to test things like 3D, wireless, etc and i don't
  want waste CD's with every milestone.
  
  http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora/14/html/Installation_Guide
  /Making_USB_Media-UNIX_Linux.html#Making_USB_Media-UNIX_Linux-
  RHEL_Fedora-dd

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Title:
  Copy Live image to usb disk using DD

Status in “usb-creator” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: usb-creator

    Last week i try the latest Fedora 15 Alpha, i'm looked in the Fedora
  site how create a USB Live disk and i'm very surprising that i must
  simple use this command:

  $ dd if=path/image_name.iso of=device

  So, i downloaded the Live CD image and run DD, boot from USB and i get
  Fedora up and running, simple just like that. So i try use it with
  Ubuntu Live CD image, but it doesn't work.

  Will be nice have this working with Ubuntu Live CD images, because
  can't using VirtualMachines to test things like 3D, wireless, etc and
  i don't want waste CD's with every milestone.

  http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora/14/html/Installation_Guide
  /Making_USB_Media-UNIX_Linux.html#Making_USB_Media-UNIX_Linux-
  RHEL_Fedora-dd

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