How do you create a bootable partition on a USB drive?
- by Nathan DeWitt
I have a bootable ISO designed to be burned to a double-layer DVD. I don't have a double layer DVD burner, so I would like to stick the ISO image on a 50 GB partition on a USB hard drive I have. How do I get the boot info onto the hard drive?
If it helps, it's an OSx86 Live CD.
Attempt 1:
booted into Ubuntu 9.04 LiveCD
deleted the partition on my existing USB hard drive
sudo dd if=/path/to/image.iso of=/dev/MyUSB
booted to USB drive
error: Error Loading OS
Atempt 2:
booted into Ubuntu 9.04 LiveCD
deleted the partition on my existing USB hard drive
sudo mkdosfs -I -v -n iPC /dev/MyUSB
sudo syslinux /dev/MyUSB
sudo dd if=/path/to/image.iso of=/dev/MyUSB
booted to USB drive
error: Selected boot device not available - strike F1 to retry boot, F2 for setup utility
