[xubuntu-users] OT: better bootable thumb drive creator than unetbootin?

[JMZ]

Thanks for the info Roger.  I tried this tip from Ubuntu Forums, and it 
worked:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1701757&s=0937dde2c165a345f0348a97e368b84c&p=11804095#post11804095

http://goo.gl/s5Sb3y

It was just a matter of changing variables in the syslinux.cfg file.

Thanks
Jordan


On 04/30/2016 09:57 AM, Roger wrote:
> Try tuxboot.org <http://tuxboot.org>
>
> I've had mixed success booting from thumb drives. CDs / DVDs have 
> worked better, even when booting from an external drive via USB.
>
> Also interesting is
> http://archtyriel.kinja.com/turn-your-flash-drive-into-the-most-useful-tool-on-your-946943684
>
> Let us know what works.
>
> On April 30, 2016 8:24:57 AM EDT, JMZ <florentior at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>     Hi,
>
>     Okay OT but someone here must know.  I've never been able to create a
>     bootable thumb drive from iso using unetbootin.  Specifically, I need to
>     make a dban thumb drive to wipe a netbook (no cd drive). unetbootin
>     gives me a menu of scripts on bootup. This menu is useless.  Seems that
>     a lot of the thumb drive creation software is written as windows
>     software for windows users who want to create a bootable linux distro
>     iso.  That doesn't help me.  Better ideas?
>
>     Thanks
>     Jordan
>
>
> -- 
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>
>

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