[Live-demo] hybrid dvd and usb drive ISOs possible

Hamish hamish_b at yahoo.com
Fri Aug 20 07:12:24 EDT 2010


fyi, with the Debian live-helper method it is now possible to create a
single hybrid ISO which can be either burned to a DVD or dd'ed directly
to the USB drive*. no need to use the "Make Startup Disk" app.

  http://lists.debian.org/debian-live/2010/07/msg00171.html

I don't know if this means you can get away from formatting as fat32
(highly inefficient on >gb partitions), or if that stems from a
limitation of common BIOSes.

[*] e.g.:  dd if=liveboot.iso of=/dev/sdc


Hamish


ps- re. USB install instructions: "USB" is a bus not a destination, so
please use "USB drive" or similar, not just "USB", as the latter has many
potential meanings.


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