Booting from USB (forked from Some isos not booting)

[Istimsak Abdulbasir]

On Apr 9, 2015 6:15 PM, "Nio Wiklund" <nio.wiklund at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Den 2015-04-09 23:48, Alberto Salvia Novella skrev:
> > Istimsak Abdulbasir:
> >> I have just noticed that unetbootin is now supplied in ubuntu's repos.
We
> >> could use it as an alternative to usb-creator.
> >
> > If it works well, it looks like a better idea. Because usb-creator is
> > always causing trouble.
>
>
> 1. Unetbootin has been in the Ubuntu repos for many years :-)
>
Did not know that :-)
>
> 2. But cloning the iso to a USB pendrive is a more reliable alternative,
> particularly during the development cycle, and I made mkusb to 'wrap
> security around dd' for that purpose. mkusb is not in the repos [yet],
> but there are PPAs
>
> While
>
> sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mkusb/ppa
> sudo apt-get update
> sudo apt-get install mkusb
>
> will install the stable version of mkusb
>
> the unstable PPA
>
> sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mkusb/unstable
> sudo apt-get update
> sudo apt-get install mkusb
>
> # if you want mkusb-nox
> sudo apt-get install mkusb-nox
>
> # or if you want both mkusb and mkusb-nox
> sudo apt-get install mkusb mkusb-nox
>
> will install the bleeding edge version of mkusb and/or mkusb-nox
> (testing new features and bug-fixes)
>
>
> 3. Unetbootin and usb-creator can be used, when you want persistence in
> the same drive. Otherwise persistence works with an ext[234] partition
> with the label casper-rw, and that partition can be 'anywhere', in
> another pendrive or in an internal drive (which makes it faster).
> Persistence with an ext partition 'anywhere' works when booting from a
> DVD as well as from a cloned iso file (from a pendrive made by mkusb).
> Just add the boot option 'persistent' when you want persistence. Then
> the live system will search for a casper-rw file or casper-rw partition.
>
>
> Best regards
> Nio
>
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