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Thread: Copying MBR from an ISO image to Flashdrive

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    Copying MBR from an ISO image to Flashdrive

    Basic Problem: I have a disk image that I cannot use any disk utility to place on a flash drive and have it successfully boot.

    Solution: So my basic thought is that, of course, if I burn this same image to a CD it would successfully boot on my hardware (which, alas, lacks a CD drive). So, how would one use the dd command to copy the MBR from the iso image I have to the MBR of my flashdrive?

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    Re: Copying MBR from an ISO image to Flashdrive

    Have you tried using the dd utility for the whole image?
    Code:
    dd if=/path/image.iso of=/dev/sdd
    (replace sdd with your flash drive's device)

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    Re: Copying MBR from an ISO image to Flashdrive

    Stupid me, I had created a partition and extracted the contents of the ISO to the partition itself. Stupid mistake, trying that now and seeing the results.

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