Note: These instructions erase the whole stick. The result will be just one bootable OS on the stick. In the next post I will tell how to get the stick back to normal, somewhat.
- Stick the USB stick in the computer
- In the terminal, determine the device:
sudo ls -l /dev/disk/by-id/*usb*
The device listed multiple times, with a number in the end and without, is the one to use. E.g. /dev/sdb
- If you have automount enabled, unmount the device.
- cd to the folder where the iso file is.
- Create bootable device:
sudo dd if=filename.iso of=/dev/sdb bs=4M; sync
The device path is an example. However, it must be without number in the end.
Learned from here http://crunchbang.org/forums/viewtopic.php?id=23267
better ommiting “bs=4M; sync”
some usb pendrive doesn’t work with it …
better just
“sudo dd if=filename.iso of=/dev/sdb “
What kind of pendrives or sticks don’t work with it? Can you give the specs?
I only have one stick that I can make bootable. I don’t do these things very much.
lots of cheaper version made-in-cina usb pendrives’re actually omitted cache chip inside.
didn’t meet problem with them yet?
My pendrives are problem-free. I’m not sure if they are cheap or made in China. All I know is that they work with “bs=4M; sync”